RantCrush Top 5: June 5, 2017

Over the weekend, the “Wonder Woman” movie premiered and broke a record, becoming the largest opening for a female director, ever. This is a big deal, since director Patty Jenkins is the first female director to make a major superhero movie. Starring Gal Gadot, the movie made an estimated $100 million domestically in just one weekend. But although it depicts a female superhero and represents female empowerment, it has been an uphill battle. Some men seem to have been extremely offended by several movie theaters’ decision to have women-only screenings. At the end of May, Austin’s mayor shut down a man who wrote a letter, complaining about it. The theater responded by creating more women-only screenings across the country. After that, men protested the theater’s website and called the screenings “sexist” and “bigoted.”

The male outrage at a one-time event for women made a lot of women see red, and question those reactions.

Women get paid 3/4 of what men do.

“Eh, it’s whatever.”

This is a women’s only Wonder Woman screening.

“THIS IS A SEXIST OUTRAGE!”

— Mark Potts (@mrmarkpotts) May 27, 2017

Men outraged by ‘female only’ screenings of Wonder Woman but are silent when an all male panel will decide the future of women’s healthcare

— FemNurse (@FemNurse) May 30, 2017

They also pointed out why the women-only screenings were a great idea.

There was a guy in the audience catcalling Wonder Woman, in case anyone still had questions about why women-only screenings are a cool idea.

— kαthy d. cℓαrk ✨ (@laceandwhimsy) June 3, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.