Okay, let's begin with the basics. Wonder Woman is an awesome film. I saw it on opening night with my wife. As a DC Comics fan, Wonder Woman has become one of their three most iconic characters along with Batman and Superman. She's a driving force in their universe as she should be. The film does an excellent job of laying out her origin story and it beautifully balances the feminist underpinnings of her character. She comes from a society in which men are disdain and is eminently more powerful than any man. She comes across in the non-themascar world with obvious femininity. She's a true heroine in the film. She fights for the innocent. She's willing to kill in order to do so. She is far harder core than Batman, for example. She's a feminist for certain. She scoffs at the notion of a secretary as a sort of modern form slavery. At the same time, she goes out of her way to coup at babies. Yes, feminists, women like babies. And she falls head over heels for a heroic man, despite her own statements about men being unnecessary for pleasure. Early in the film, she tutts the notion of marriage, as does he. By the end of the film, they're both on board. Plus, she's played by the wonderful Gal Gadot, a two-time mother who was pregnant during

filming and just happens to be Israeli. She also served in the Israeli defense force for two years. All of this makes her character unpalatable to hardcore feminists, who based feminism not on equality of rights, but on abortion and man-hating and forceful opposition to Western standards of beauty. Here's Christina Cauterichie at Slate, quote, to me, whatever chance

Wonder Woman had of being some kind of feminist antidote, forceful opposition to Western standards of beauty. Here's Christina Kowderichie at Slate, quote,

to me, whatever chance Wonder Woman had of being some kind of feminist antidote to the overabundance

of superhero movies made by and for bros was blown by its prevailing occupation with a titular

heroine's sex appeal. Calderici even implies that Chris Pine's character quasi-rapes Diana because,

quote, her capacity for consent is

somewhat blurry, her never having met a man and all. Here's dude feminist Stephen Rose at the Guardian,

quote, the film feels obligated to give Pine his own equally heroic story arc. Men might be

unnecessary for pleasure, but they're still essential for big budget action movie, it seems.

Plus, Wonder Woman fights against the Germans in World War I. This makes

her an emissary of American militarism. On Tuesday, Josephine Livingstone wrote at the New

Republic, quote, Wonder Woman has no use for global history except this grist for American exceptionalism.

Oh, no, we mustn't teach the young ones about the fact that the United States saved Europe

from fascism. Twice, that would be terrible. Most feminists seem pretty enthused about the movie overall. It should be said. But the fact that many are not should show how out of touch the radical feminist movement has become. The film is great for teenage girls, and while it's clearly a fantasy, nobody man or woman, could rush through bullets of World War I in the way Wonder Woman does, but it's men who typically do the fighting in war, and for rational reasons, it does demonstrate that strong women need not be anti-baby or anti-male.

One of the reasons the movie went over so big is that its brand of feminism is taken for granted in the West.

Sexism is no longer a major issue in American society.

It's hard to imagine anyone

seriously objecting to a fantasy female character fighting baddies while kissing babies and

falling in love with a strong male character in traditional fashion. That's what feminism

should be, but not according to the more militant feminists, which is why they're so mad,

for no reason at all. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

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