If I had a dollar for every time I asked this question on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday... How did this happen? I dressed up as Supergirl for Purim. I went to one synagogue one night, another one another night, plus we celebrated it at the preschool on Wednesday so I wore it then as well. Only two people knew right away that I was Supergirl, not Superman. Apparently, Superman wears a skirt and 3.5 inch heels. And, as one woman so openly and bluntly put it, if I was Superman, I was "Superman with a boob job." This is where the question "Do I look like a man to you!?" came into play. Last year, I wore an official, licensed, authentic "Supergirl" top, a red skirt, red boots, and a large skirt for a cape (this skirt nearly choked me to death multiple times.) This year, I decided to be smarter. Walking around nearly choking to death is no fun at all. I purchased two shiny, bright red tablecloths and turned one into a skirt and one into a cape (on Monday, the "skirt" gave me trouble and I ended up showing quite a bit more leg than I had intended to, on Tuesday and Wednesday I fastened it more securely and wore a real skirt under it.) Last year, everybody at the school I work at also said, "Superman." Since I live in the same subdivision, I went home, chose a Supergirl comic book, copied the cover, and taped the logo onto one of my sleeves. This year, I had thought about bringing a Supergirl comic book with me, but decided against it. I guess I should have brought it. Only one person paused and asked, "Are you Super... lady? Woman?" "Supergirl," I smiled. One person asked, "Are you Superwoman?" "Supergirl," I smiled. One adult and one child said, "Supergirl" right away. Everybody else said, "It's Superman." In fact, a number of people denied the existence of a Supergirl when I told them I was Supergirl, not Superman. "There's no such thing!," they said. I immediately informed that that yes, there is a character called Supergirl, and not only that, she's been around since the sixties. Plus, there have been multiple versions of Supergirl including an alternate universe "Lana Lang" who became a protoplasmic creature as as well as a merged-with-a-human angel. "But there's no Supergirl movie," one person said. "Yes, there is," I replied. "1984, starring Helen Slater, and I own the movie." What is extremely scary is that I knew the year the movie came out off the top of my head. I am an obsessed, demented DC fanatic nutcase. I'm not a man, and the DC universe does include Supergirl.