Needless to say, Buffy is a radically different image of a superwoman than Lillith. For the most obvious reason, she is petite and oversexualized. Her clothing consists of cleavage-bearing crop-tops. Anything to get high ratings, right? I find it somewhat ridiculous, however, that Buffy has similar strength to that of Lillith. This is so unrealistic, specifically because Buffy is not meant to be supernatural. However, Buffy’s identity as the slayer is not questioned although Lillith continually is questioned. Although both Lillith and Buffy have the strength of will, I see Buffy as having it much easier than Lillith.
I compared Buffy a bit to Carla in Pumping Iron II because both of them prevail in the end and do more feminine exercises than that of Lillith and Bev. Moreover, they are both less threatening than Bev and Lillith. Appearing threatening has a negative connotation and because Buffy is petite and because Carla is not too masculine, they are not threatening and thus accepted by us as an audience. We do not question them.
This does highlight that women who are, for lack of a better term, normal or inferior looking, can be empowered by “regular” looking women such as Buffy. Lillith is simply hard to identify with whereas Buffy is more the norm and allows us to think, “I can do that too
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