Thanks for the comments all!
Originally posted by TOC:
And how about appointing Wonder Woman as head of the Justice League to win approval rates from heterosexual females, while at the same time not turning away heterosexual men by covering up more of Wonder woman's body in more uniform?
Hehe, I had actually considered specifying that it was Wonder Woman who had replaced Superman in the Public Relations post, but I wasn't sure how heterosexual females would feel about the League putting a woman who dresses like that in such a visible public position. They might be accused of pandering to men, and lose even more ground with women.
I left it unspecified because I didn't know what modern, empowered, female superhero would work. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, from the perspective of us males? lol), most female superheroes are created by men, so they tend to dress too sexily for formal public office.
My superhero knowledge is relatively limited, (not going much further than names and some basic information), so I don't really know what the personalities of the various female superheroes are like, or which ones of them dress modestly.
But yeah, your "appointing Wonder Woman head of the Justice League idea" is exactly what I was trying to accomplish by having a capable, modern female superhero being head of Public relations.
Having a female Public Relations Director would appeal to women - a solution that doesn't involve changing Wonder Woman's uniform. Furthermore, Superman would be able to pay more attention to his wife, hence Lois's favorable press coverage incentive.
So, Clark's leash is back to it's shorter length, the Justice League gets not one but two things to increase their approval rating, and everything works out nicely
