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Long wait for women to save the world

Wonder Woman had Gal Gadot play the Amazon princess that first came to life as a DC Comics title. PHOTO: CLAY ENOS
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Someone recently noticed a fact about women in superhero movie posters and made a meme about it.

Men in the posters tend to stand facing the front, legs and arms out to the sides.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 05, 2018, with the headline Long wait for women to save the world. Subscribe