VIDEO: Controversy over 'sexist superhero' shirts

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
VIDEO: Controversy over 'sexist superhero' shirts
A big social media war being waged over superheroes.

A big social media war being waged over superheroes and what some are calling retailer sexism, marketing items that suggest only guys can wear the capes and save the day.

A photo snapped at a Target store in Canada is going viral, showing the baby girl's pajamas that read, "I only date heroes," right next to the boy's version, which proudly states, "Future man of steel."

It's not an isolated incident.

DC Comics makes shirts for Walmart that are just as divisive.

For him: "Training to be Batman."

For her: "Training to be Batman's wife."

Maybe not a bad guy to marry - Gotham City, Wayne Manor, Batmobile and all. But the big question being posed by Super Girls is, where's MY shirt?