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Ahsoka Tano

A  recent blog  for Clone Wars/SW fans asserts that the female characters in Cartoon Network`s Clone Wars  are “over-sexualized” by their “scanty” attire, especially Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano and the older Aayla Secura.  It`s true that the male Jedis on the show wear long, monk-like robes and/or cropped pants, while Aayla and Ahsoka wear somewhat less.  But I`m not sure if their clothing can be construed as scanty.  Consider AT`s costume: a leather halter top with a short brown skirt and leggings.  I never thought of it as particularly  sexy or revealing.  This is reinforced by the fact that Ahsoka is someone who is concerned with becoming a better Jedi, not  dancing in  a cantina.  We usually see her in action scenes, running, leaping, and wielding her light saber.  Aayla S. does show cleavage, but no more so than your average comic book heroine.

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Aayla Secura

In fact,  costumes for comic book women are far more revealing.  Look at recent interpretations of Supergirl: she`s always drawn with her navel front and center, regardless of the kind of shirt she wears.  You can point  to numerous examples of  breath-taking cleavage, from  Power Girl to the Scarlet Witch.  Next to these costumes, Ahsoka and Aayla look amazingly modest.  Now I`m no prude-I have no intrinsic problem with  this, since showing skin (male and female) is a  comic book/SF tradition of sorts.   Male heroes have always dressed to show off their chest and leg muscles, sometimes even bursting out of their shirts.  It`s interesting that  no one worries about, say, Anakin Skywalker`s pants “over-sexualizing” him.   This is something that is applied far more to female characters, as if they are somehow more vulnerable-even if they have good light  saber skills or super strength.  In some ways, fretting about their  attire seems  to be a politically correct put-down, or an over serious misreading of pop culture.

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Supergirl

Ahsoka`s  costume has been modified: she now often wears a long brown tunic over gray leggings.  It remains to be seen if fans will deem her more serious or not. She never had a problem fighting with bare legs before.  As noted previously, I guess I did not notice because I was far more interested in her as a hero, and she is a competent and powerful one.

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