Wonder Woman as Brad stated earlier has always been drawn as a beautiful woman with a short, somewhat revealing outfit. However what he failed to mention were Wonder Woman's proportions. In reality the earlier Wonder Woman would not be able to stand up without falling over, her waist was so tiny and her chest so large that if anyone so much as touched her she would have fallen over. However we all know as comic book readers that comic book characters are not always realistic. This however can prove problematic for young girls reading Wonder Woman comics. While the WW comics are now a bit more realistic, they and other forms of entertainment such as Vogue, still portray the ideal skinny woman with a perfect body as what is normal. In reality about 5 percent of women worldwide actually have the figure of a model, which means that more than 5 billion people do not. Yet all these forms of media portray these ideals, an insane amount of comics show skinny characters and in doing so influence the young minds of male and female readers alike, suggesting that a normal woman should look like this. The depiction of women in many types of media is harmful to young women's self esteem and body issues.
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