Delevingne’s comments about female superhero attire is a little head-scratching, though. While there are plenty of problems with female representation both in films and especially on movie merchandising, the accusation that they are “normally naked or in bikinis” seems a bit baseless. Even though Marvel sticks to a heavily skewed gender ratio and tends to put women heroes in impractical high heels and wedge boots as a default, their characters never wear bikinis; Black Widow, Peggy Carter, Maria Hill, Sif, Gamora and pretty much every other heroine in that universe always go into battle wearing pants.
We’ve yet to see what Enchantress will be wearing in “Suicide Squad.” We have seen plenty of pics of the film’s version of Harley Quinn, who shows a bit more skin than many – or all – of her Marvel counterparts.
Yes, instead of concentrating on Cara Delevingne’s commentary about superhero movies being sexist in general, let’s turn this into a Marvel vs. DC thing. Never mind the fact that she specifically called out Wonder Woman in her actual comments, making it clear that she wasn’t taking sides herself. Never change*, comicsinternet. (*Of course, I mean the opposite.)
