It’s less the croptop and more the apparant thought that a micro mini on someone who can and does fly is a good idea. . .
Thank god…I was beginning to think that I was going insane thinking I’d seen non-strippers wearing the things.
(Not really, but it’s nice to have someone else acknowledging the point.)
Crop tops also get paired shorts that bare most of the leg (but leave the backside covered - much like Supergirl’s skirt) fairly often.
Supergirl’s is also a lot less likely to slide or flip up or down and give an accidental flash of boobage than many real crop tops.
This seems the case from what I’ve read involving them. They also seem rather more casual concerning sexual relations. The points aren’t really connected as such - they don’t consider nudity inherantly sexual, although they have a rather relaxed attitude towards both. It’s just a matter of them being fairly layed back, and happy to enjoy all the sensations that the universe has to offer them.
I’m almost reluctant to mention that, because I fear it’ll be twisted into ‘See?? Oversexualised!’, but I have enough faith in other people to believe that even if it does, reason will prevail and the idea that sexual == oversexualised will be dismissed.
I just wish her outfit was less all-fired ugly.
Why does it matter that it’s a “micro mini”? You seem to be implying that men will look up her skirt while she flies. Why would they be unable to do this if it were a longer skirt?
Additionally, what is she wearing under that skirt? In the video for I Feel Like A Woman, Shania Twain wore bicycle shorts under her skirt. They cannot be seen. Prove to me that Supergirl isn’t wearing bicycle shorts under her skirt.
If she is just wearing underwear under the skirt, what would you suggest? That she switch to an outfit like Superman’s- one with the underwear on the outside?
Considering the speed at which she flies and considering the fact that most of the time that she’s flying a baddie is trying to destroy a city looking up her skirt is at best impossible and at worst dangerous.
I think Silent is annoyed by the fact that the outfits they wear are so impractical. Who would wear an outfit for fighting that exposes so many vulnerable parts of the body? And why aren’t they dressed as they “should” be? Because it wouldn’t be as attractive to some readers. Because they want to show the women as “sexy”. If you deny this then I will be confused.
Silent is turned off by the fact (fact?) that this happens (he would rather it be realistic than show skimpy clothes), so he extrapolates this into guessing that women are also turned off by this.
Just MHO.
I think it all boils down to you guys think it’s fine and don’t care that it’s impractical and Silent does care. He’s not trying to argue (IMHO) that people don’t wear bikinis on the beach…
SilentGoldfish has repeatedly mentioned Powergirl and Supergirl. They don’t have any vulnerable parts. Powergirl’s exposed cleavage is harder than the armor plating on a Sherman tank. Supergirl’s navel would be unharmed by multiple Tomahawk missiles.
That, and even composite spandex/unobtanium armor would be weaker than their skin.
Most heterosexual male readers want sexy women. IME so do most heterosexual female readers.
Realistic? PG and SG are faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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I would care if it were impractical. It isn’t. Armor piercing rounds will bounce of the teeth of Powergirl and Supergirl. They don’t need protective clothing.
But he is arguing that while it’s fine to wear bikinis on the beach, it’s wrong for invulnerable superheroines to wear them while fighting crime. He has also called croptops ‘stripperwear’.
Wow, this whole thread’s gone by without any actual females commenting (as far as I can tell). Let me put an end to that.
I’m a woman. I read comics. In fact, it’s likely I read way more comics per month than you do, Kyle. I have a high IQ, a strong personality, and my bra size is size 38F. Hey, it’s what nature decided to do. God help anyone who ever underestimates me or dismisses me as a bitch. Or a stripper, as my wardrobe includes some kinda sexy clothes. My husband loves them, but I love them too. I enjoy showing off and feeling attractive. I also know that if I ever got into a brawl, as superheroes are wont to do, I’d have a clear advantage when any guy I had to fight kept staring at my chest and couldn’t pay attention to the trauma I was about to inflict on him.
I love Power Girl. I think her character has been really well developed (ha!) in the past several years and I find her complicated, layered, and sympathetic. Sort of like an actual person, you know? I love Wonder Woman too. And Black Canary and Stargirl and most of the others mentioned here.
Do you feel that us busty girls shouldn’t have role models? That the ideal girl is one who physically hides the fact that she’s a girl? Why can’t there be a variety of female characters with a bunch of different personalities and body types? Just like actual girls.
You’ve mentioned several times that you’re 18 years old. No need; it shows. I recommend you listen to the folks here who are trying to straighten you out.
Worst of all, you’ve said that you don’t like Geoff Johns and to a big ol’ Johns-loving comic geek like me, them’s fightin’ words. 
I’m disappointed. I am impressed with the OP’s ability to inject hyperbole, but that’s it.
So. To summarize - this second-rate knockoff of a classic DCU character, this pale copy, this echo - vomited forth from the often fertile but strange backwoods of Grant Morrison’s mind - is the best character, ever, in all of the history of fiction dating back to the Greek myths of old - because, without foreshadowing and without any special relevance whatsoever, she is revealed to be female.
Please never see the Crying Game or Victor/Victoria, Kyle - I wouldn’t want your head to explode with joy at the sublime revelations contained within.
You had me at “I’m a woman. I read comics.” 
And none of them are mangas! I admit I was very popular among our customers during my brief stint as a comic shop clerk. I even married one of those customers, who now manages another location in the chain (is four stores a chain?). The funny thing is, I read way more titles now that I’m married than I did when I actually worked at the store!
I don’t post as often as I’d like in the Weekly Comic Book Discussion Threads because I don’t usually have enough time to read and post before everyone else gets there, but I read probably 50-60 titles a month.
Doesn’t stop me. I’m rarely able to get my books until late in the game and I still post!
(I hope you don’t mind, but after that description, I’m going to be picturing you as Peeg whenever I read your posts from now on. >_>)
Hey, I’m ok with that. Though it would be somewhat more accurate if I went to the gym more…