a thought about superhero costumes
so we all know that female superheroes show skin because fanboys are horndogs, not because it’s actually practical.
but… do we really know that? or do we just assume it?
personally, as a not very attractive middle aged man, if i were bulletproof, and i were fighting crime, i’d probably wear shorts and a tank top, because fabric is just going to get in the way and get messed up. it’s not like it affords me any protection. i mean, look how often luke cage’s shirt gets ripped off. he should probably just keep one of those cheap hanes t-shirts in his back pocket and only put it on to go into stores and restaurants, he’d waste less clothes that way.
the more i think about it, the more i think the problem isn’t that female heroes show too much skin, it’s that male heroes don’t show enough.
i vote we leave the girls’ outfits as-is, and put the boys in booty shorts.












