Wonder Woman named a special UN ambassador, despite protests

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations celebrated Wonder Woman’s 75th birthday on Friday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls, despite frustration from both inside and outside the world organization that the spot should go to a real — and less sexualized — woman.

[...] an online petition, started by U.N. staffers, asked the secretary-general to reconsider the appointment for a real person, saying “The message the United Nations is sending to the world with this appointment is extremely disappointing.”

Shazia Rafi, managing director of the consulting firm Global Parliamentary Services, also took issue with Wonder Woman’s skimpy outfit, arguing that the world might not embrace a scantily clad character in a thigh-baring body suit with an American flag motif and knee-high boots.