1 7 th ▁in ▁the ▁Top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Com ic ▁Books ▁Hero es . ▁Cass andra ▁C ain ' s ▁Bat g irl ▁has ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁Asian ▁characters ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁American ▁com ic ▁books , ▁and ▁her ▁under st ated ▁sexual ity ▁is ▁notable ▁as ▁being ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁common ▁sexual ▁object ification ▁of ▁female ▁characters , ▁especially ▁those ▁of ▁Asian ▁descent . ▁ ▁Fem in ist ▁interpret ations ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Super g irls : ▁F ashion , ▁Fem in ism , ▁Fant asy , ▁and ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Com ic ▁Book ▁Hero ines ▁( 2 0 0 9 ), ▁author ▁Mike ▁Madrid ▁states ▁that ▁what ▁set ▁Barbara ▁Gordon ▁as ▁Bat g irl ▁apart ▁from ▁other ▁female ▁characters ▁was ▁her ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁crime - f ight ing . ▁Un like ▁Bat w oman ▁who ▁preced ed ▁her , ▁" she ▁we ars ▁his ▁symbol ▁on ▁her ▁ch est , ▁but ▁she ▁is ▁not ▁his ▁girl friend ▁or ▁faithful ▁hand ma iden ." ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁fact ▁she ▁does ▁not ▁purs ue ▁a ▁rom antic ▁interest ▁in ▁Bat man , ▁" B at g irl ▁is ▁a ▁female ▁Bat man ▁can ▁actually ▁regard ▁as ▁a ▁brilliant ▁peer ▁and ▁a ▁partner ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁on ▁crime , ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁he ▁would ▁a ▁male ." ▁Histor ian ▁Peter ▁Sand erson ▁observed ▁that ▁Barbara ▁Gordon ' s ▁Bat g irl ▁reflected ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁liber ation ▁movement ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s .