--- title: Mayor Responds to Man Mad About Wonder Woman Screening description: The mayor of Austin, Texas had a clever and fitting response to a man enraged over a women-only screening of 'Wonder Woman.' canonical: https://time.com/4801528/mayor-responds-wonder-woman-screening/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-01T17:58:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:44.226Z og:title: Mayor Has Epic Response to Man Mad About Wonder Woman og:description: Mayor Steve Adler shuts sexism down og:url: https://time.com/4801528/mayor-responds-wonder-woman-screening/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cb09ecc3003ac46/6988cfc78fd2ee38eb357514/austin-mayor-calls-out-sexist-letter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Wonder Woman" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mayor Has Epic Response to Man Mad About Wonder Woman twitter:description: Mayor Steve Adler shuts sexism down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cb09ecc3003ac46/6988cfc78fd2ee38eb357514/austin-mayor-calls-out-sexist-letter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mayor Shuts Down Sexist Man Angered by an All-Female 'Wonder Woman' Screening ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Mayor Steve Adler shuts sexism down_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 1, 2017 5:58 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 1, 2017 5:58 PM UTC The Alamo Drafthouse made headlines when [they announced a women-only screening of _Wonder Woman_ ](http://motto.time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/)at their Austin, Texas movie theater. In keeping with the spirit of the female-led-and-directed film,[ both the audience and the theater staff will be female or identify as female](https://drafthouse.com/austin/show/women-only-screening-wonder-woman). As might be expected, [some men were offended they weren’t allowed to attend the women-only screening](http://time.com/4797803/wonder-woman-movie-reviews-controversy/) — and took to the Internet to express their dissent. One particularly outraged man Richard Ameduri went so far as to write a [particularly ill-advised letter](http://www.mayoradler.com/letter-wonder-woman/) to the mayor’s office in Austin, declaring that he hoped “every man will boycott Austin and do what he can to diminish Austin and to cause damage to the city’s image” because of the women-only screening. Ameduri also proceeded to write that “achievements by the second rate gender pale in comparison to virtually everything great in human history was accomplished by men, not women” and questioned whether or not women had invented anything worthwhile, closing his letter to the mayor with the adage, “don’t bother to respond because I am sure your cowardice will generate nothing worth reading.” However Mayor Steve Adler ignored Ameduri’s advice and responded with a letter of his own that not only defended the business’s right to hold the women-only screening but skillfully skewered the blatant sexism of Ameduri’s letter adding that everyone is welcome in Austin, “even people like those who wrote that email whose views are an embarrassment to modernity, decency, and common sense.” Read the Steve Adler’s full response below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4801528/mayor-responds-wonder-woman-screening/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4801528/mayor-responds-wonder-woman-screening/"},"headline":"Mayor Shuts Down Sexist Man Angered by an All-Female 'Wonder Woman' Screening","datePublished":"2017-06-01T17:58:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:44.226Z","description":"Mayor Steve Adler shuts sexism down","url":"https://time.com/4801528/mayor-responds-wonder-woman-screening/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","entertainment","Austin","wonder woman"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cb09ecc3003ac46/6988cfc78fd2ee38eb357514/austin-mayor-calls-out-sexist-letter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cb09ecc3003ac46/6988cfc78fd2ee38eb357514/austin-mayor-calls-out-sexist-letter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Warner Bros. 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