Batwoman : Lesbian Dominatrix?
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The original Kathy Kane was a wealthy ‘socialite’ who became Batwoman to fight crime and make passes at Batman. I don’t think she lasted long. Probably because the little boy who bought the comics didn’t want to read about a ‘girl’ superhero.
DC Comics latest incarnation of the Batwoman trade mark keeps the name Kathy Kane but Kathy is an African-American gay woman. In the adolescent universe of funny books this passes as progressive. Just as in the 1970s the Justice League fought aliens from the planet Monsanto.
The funniest part about the big reveal is when anyone acts like they are striking a blow for equal rights by having the story feature an outed gay character. “If people are going to have problems with it, that’s their issue; it’s certainly not mine,” DC writer Greg Rucka told Comic Book Resources. The first thing to consider here is that, well, she’s a comic book character breaking the gay superhero barrier — hardly the equivalent of Rosa Parks. The second thing is that she is the very essence of a male dominatrix fantasy, thought up by a group of horny comics geeks. Kathy Kane, “lesbian socialite by night, crime fighter by later at night” goes the DC tagline, is a 5’10” Amazon in latex and thigh-high red leather boots with flowing raven hair.
To be fair to the comic book guys this is pretty much what any female super character is going to look like.
