The origin of Batwoman
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| Being a wealthy socialite, Batwoman (AKA Kathy Kane) can buy you breakfast, and if you are really good she can afford to pay off your college loans as well. | Batgirl (AKA Barbera Gordon) will give you a bran muffin and some orange juice, and then you have to scoot because she has to get to the library. |
| 1 Point: Batwoman! | |
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| Batwoman will force you to watch PBS, even when the Daily Show is on. | Batgirl will force you to watch C-SPAN, even when the Daily Show is on. |
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| Batwoman can kick your ass six ways to Sunday. | The Batman TV series was high camp and rather silly, and Batgirl’s role was usually to get captured and the rescued by the final episode. She was only allowed to kick or push villains in a fight - she was not allowed to punch them. The writers thought it would make her look "unfeminine.") |
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| Batwoman does not have a theme song. | Batgirl has a really cool theme song. |
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| Batwoman knows 1001 uses for a batarang. | Batgirl only knows 999 uses for a batarang. |
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| Batwoman is a hot lesbian, which means that she appeals to the vast majority of the male population, and a significant portion of the female population. | Batgirl is a hot heterosexual, which means that she appeals to the vast majority of the male population, and a significant portion of the female population. |
| Tie! | |
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| The buzz is the new Batwoman will the highest profile lesbian superhero in comic books. | Batgirl likes to read Wonder Woman comic books in the bath tub, by candle light. |
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| Batwoman has met Mary Cheney. | Batgirl has met Adam West and Burt Ward. |
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| Batwoman's status as a high profile lesbian superhero breaks new ground in the mainsteam comic book world. | Batgirl made an iconic commercial for women’s rights (Batgirl demands equal pay!) that may have lost some of it’s impact over the years. Back when this commercial made, men still openly argued that the The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was wrong. At the time the message of this commercial was a very strong statement. |
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| BATWOMAN | BATGIRL |
| "Don't even think about it, buster." | Batgirl is always at her best when both she and her outfit are straining to break free from a foul trap set by this week's super villian. |
| 1 Point: Batgirl! | |
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| Printed on paper. | Live action, if you know what I mean. |
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