▁as ▁Wonder ▁Woman " ▁who ▁had ▁no ▁pre - ex isting ▁male ▁counter part . ▁In ▁analyz ing ▁s tere ot ypes ▁in ▁gender , ▁Jack ie ▁Marsh ▁noted ▁that ▁male ▁super h ero es ▁( such ▁as ▁Bat man ) ▁are ▁dep icted ▁as ▁hyper - mas cul ine ▁and ▁anti - social , ▁" while ▁female ▁super h ero es ▁are ▁reduced ▁to ▁a ▁child like ▁status ▁by ▁their ▁names " ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Bat g irl ▁character . ▁ ▁Represent ation ▁for ▁li br ari ans ▁In ▁The ▁Image ▁and ▁Ro le ▁of ▁the ▁L ibr arian ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁W endi ▁Ar ant ▁and ▁Cand ace ▁R . ▁Ben ef iel ▁argue ▁that ▁Bat g irl ' s ▁port ray al ▁as ▁a ▁li br arian ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁significant ▁to ▁the ▁profession , ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁represented ▁as ▁a ▁valuable ▁and ▁honor able ▁career . ▁Even ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁ab and ons ▁it ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁run ▁for ▁United ▁States ▁Congress , ▁Barbara ▁Gordon ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁being ▁given ▁a ▁" care er ▁switch ▁that ▁even ▁most ▁li br ari ans ▁would ▁consider ▁a ▁step ▁up ." ▁In ▁the ▁ess ay ▁" L ibr ari ans , ▁Professional ism ▁and ▁Image : ▁S tere ot ype ▁and ▁Re ality " ▁( 2 0 0 7 ), ▁Ab ig ail ▁L uth mann ▁views ▁the ▁character ▁less ▁favor ably , ▁stating ▁that ▁"[ t ] he ▁un ass uming