Holy out of the closet-Batwoman returns-this time as a lipstick lesbian

[Fantasyartist]

it usually takes a lot to startle me, but I was visibly surprised when i read that batwoman was to return as a "lipstick lesbian socialite".
Any body have similar views?
(PLEASE -NO POSTS ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS RUNNING AMOK!!!)


Terry

 

[hatmonkey]

yeah i just read some of that article too. i dont see the problem.

nothing wrong with hot girl on girl action. jk...well not really but yeah.

dang she's a big chick too. 5'10...

 

[Bathead]

I have no problem with it, the only thing I'm surprised is that DC had the guts to do it. Let's just hope it doesn't turn the comics into a soapbox. It should be just a part of the character, and not a primary focus.
I like the costume, too.

 

[Bat Attack]

I'm fine with it, I don't judge people (or fictional characters for that matter) on their sexual orientation.

 

[Thot]

A) Batwoman; Batgirl; Bathound, etc. = LAME

B) Lesbian Batwoman = UBER-LAME AND UNNECESSARILY CONTROVERSIAL

Oughta sell a few hundred copies.....

The Dark Knight ALONE keeps vigil over his beloved Gotham City!!

 

[Batgirl2116]

I dont have any problem with Batwoman being a lesbian. But Them saying they didnt think it was going to draw so much attention is Bull****...something like this always cause attention and controversy no matter what it deals with. But yeah Im looking forward to it

 

[Kritish]

I like the Idea a lesbian Batwoman.

It's so hot.

 

[ad101867]

nothing wrong with hot girl on girl action. jk...well not really but yeah.

I like the Idea a lesbian Batwoman. It's so hot.

These responses furnish evidence for my own pet theory: that a lesbian heroine is just an extension of the male fantasy mentality that dominates comics. It wasn't enough that virtually every last female character in comicdom is unrealistically buxom and beautiful; now we have to indulge another male fantasy: buxom and beautiful lesbians.

dang she's a big chick too. 5'10...

Typical for comicbook babes.

. . . I'm surprised is that DC had the guts to do it

I honestly don't think it takes much in the way of "guts." The predominant readership for comicbooks are pre-30 males, and most of them aren't going to be offended by a lesbian heroine. Now male homosexual heroes (e.g., the Midnighter) require more guts on the part of the publisher.

If DC wants to have a legitimate character here, instead of just a politically correct gimmick, they'll have Batwoman explore her psychological problems with men, because that's what gives rise to lesbianism.

 

[crazy monkey]

they'll have Batwoman explore her psychological problems with men, because that's what gives rise to lesbianism.

You mean, it's NOT genetic?!

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[newwaveboy87]

A) Batwoman; Batgirl; Bathound, etc. = LAME

B) Lesbian Batwoman = UBER-LAME AND UNNECESSARILY CONTROVERSIAL

Oughta sell a few hundred copies.....

The Dark Knight ALONE keeps vigil over his beloved Gotham City!!

no character, or person, can exist in a vaccum.
Batman needs supporting characters to work off of. why do you think they invented Alfred, Gordon, Montoya, Bullock, Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, etc for?

god...have you tried to not be a troll?

 

[newwaveboy87]

You mean, it's NOT genetic?!

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there's a controversy with talking about!
what is the root of homosexuality?

i think it's somewhere between psychological discourse and genetics.

 

[Bathead]

Current thought in the medical community is that homosexuality is entirely physiological.

 

[newwaveboy87]

actually...there's about three theories going around currently.
that's one of them, another is that it is the way in which the mother proccess a certain chromosome while pregnant - but that is just for homosexual males.

i forget the third...

 

[Bathead]

True, but that's still a physiological cause. Not a lifestyle choice like the religious fanatics and homophobes would like to believe.

 

[newwaveboy87]

indeed.

 

[TheGrayGhost]

True, but that's still a physiological cause. Not a lifestyle choice like the religious fanatics and homophobes would like to believe.

Interestingly enough, I think Batman himself would also believe that homosexuality is a choice. The notion of choice is a bit of a mantra in the Batman mythos. He doesn't believe in pre-determination. We are who we choose to be. To quote Amanda Wahler from the JLU episode, an episode which expolores the psyche of Batman:

We choose our own fate, for good or ill.

I think those are some of the words he lives by.

I happen to believe that homosexuality is a choice, just in case you were wondering. And as for Batwoman being a lesbian, I think it is unnecessary controversy. It's stuff like this that make me appreciate animated continuity even more.

 

[Qoèlet]

The Dark Knight ALONE keeps vigil over his beloved Gotham City!!

Except for the partners he's had for the past... 65 years?