DAROM: The sexist demand on female superheroes: Save the world and look hot
By Naomi Darom, Chicago Tribune (TNS) “Mom, look,” said my daughter Mika. She was sitting on her bed, poring over the “Marvel Encyclopedia,” a door-stopper catalog of superheroes recently borrowed from the public library. “The men here look so big and strong,” she said as she pointed to the glossy pages, “but the women all look like this” — she sucked in her stomach to indicate a concave abdomen and