I saw "Wonder Woman" in theaters about three weeks ago, and today, I am still thinking about the film. I loved the film for many reasons, but the main reason I can't get it out of my head is this: throughout my almost 21 years of life, I have rarely (if ever) seen a film that portrays a woman in the way that "Wonder Woman" does.

I have seen quite a few superhero movies and the plots are almost always the same: the man goes out and saves the world while the woman waits patiently for him to return, or the woman is portrayed as helpless and the man sets out to save her, saving the rest of the world on the way. The woman is typically over-sexualized and is sometimes even placed in a certain scene to simply satisfy "the male gaze." You won't find anything like this in "Wonder Woman," though, which is a refreshing change.

As a girl growing up, I watched dozens of movies that basically taught me that girls are the damsels in distress and the boys are their knights in shining armor who will always the save the day. While I enjoyed watching these films, I was never really shown the opposite, that girls can save the world too.

I feel as if every little kid needs to watch "Wonder Woman" to be shown just how strong women can be. Of course there are other films that do portray women as both resilient and independent, but "Wonder Woman" does so in a way that is unique.

There is a powerful scene in the film where Diana Prince (Wonder Woman) wants to do something to help innocent victims, but her male teammates tell her it is not what they're there to do. Diana follows her own instincts and replies that it is what she is going to do. With that, she reveals her Wonder Woman attire, steps out into "No Man's Land," the name of the uncrossable land she is just about to effortlessly cross, and sets out to do what she feels is right.

All the men eventually follow her cautiously and back her up, but it was amazing to see a scene where a woman is leading the way and fighting for what she believes is right. Perhaps the area was named "No Man's Land" for a reason: it was a job for a woman all along.

Kids of any age or gender can learn a lot from watching the film. It will show them the importance of fighting for what you believe in and how you should always have sympathy and compassion for others. It provides all the little girls in the world with a role model that shows that they are capable of anything and shows all the young boys that women are strong and don't need a man to always save them. "Wonder Woman" shows everyone that women can be both the princess and the superhero, sometimes even both simultaneously.