6. ...But Very Few People Will Accept It's Enough
Is one female star property and one shared top billing really enough? Probably not if you're going on a purely quote-driven mentality, which is precisely why there was a very noticable trend on Twitter of people responding cynically to journalists suggesting Wasp's top billing was a bonus for character equality. Those criticisms ranged from the fact that she could have had her own film through tokenism to the suggestion that she should have been billed before Ant-Man. Ignoring the idiocy of the last one (look at what happened when Batman came before Superman), the response does point towards a more general disquiet among fans. It's only when Marvel change the way they present their characters, and not where they put them in titles, that their efforts for diversity will be taken seriously. Like not posing all of the male characters in battle-ready stances, and showing off how nice Black Widow's backside looks in her latest new catsuit...