I thought the same issues came up with the "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" movie? A storyline that would be absolute nightmare if the super-powered guy was stalking his non-superpowered girlfriend is played as a comedy by having the girl be the super-strong psychopath. The fact that Black Canary and Green Arrow are (presumably) well-matched makes it slightly less distateful that the scene is being played for laughs, I think.
It's not like it's just comic books. It's something of a cultural constant that girls can get away with things that would instantly get a guy labeled as a creepy motherfucker. Take this Ida Maria song, for instance:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySmUjQB05I The, well, second thing I thought when I first heard it was how, if it was a male singer and directed to a girl, it'd be the skeeviest thing ever.
There's probably all kinds of sociological reasons for this kind of stuff, but yeah. Looked at objectively, it's just kinda weird.
My guess is that it's more "acceptable" to portray women as abusers because it seems unlikely that a woman could do physical damage to a man who (if we go by averages) outweighs her by fifty pounds. Take into account that most women seeking ER treatment for trauma are put there by their husbands/boyfriends (I'm too lazy to find the actual reference for that, but it's out there somewhere...), and the cultural backlash against that situation by turning it on its head makes more sense. (Though not any more appropriate, mind you.)
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The, well, second thing I thought when I first heard it was how, if it was a male singer and directed to a girl, it'd be the skeeviest thing ever.
There's probably all kinds of sociological reasons for this kind of stuff, but yeah. Looked at objectively, it's just kinda weird.
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