Jaleesa M. Jones

USA TODAY

A week after superheroine Wonder Woman was stripped of her honorary ambassador title at the United Nations, Gal Gadot is speaking out.

In a profile for Time published Monday, Gadot — who played Wonder Woman in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and will reprise the role for 2017’s Wonder Woman and Justice League — addressed the U.N. blowback, maintaining that Wonder Woman’s appointment is the least pressing issue concerning women.

"There are so many horrible things that are going on in the world," Gadot says, "and this is what you’re protesting, seriously?"

Of note, critics pushed back against the appointment due to Wonder Woman's proximity to the pin-up girl trope, arguing that a character drawn in such an overtly sexualized way could not stand for women's empowerment.

But Gadot doesn’t see it that way, intimating that Wonder Woman’s sexuality and style of dress is part of her agency. She also suggests that efforts to modify the current iteration of Wonder Woman are a reflection of our culture’s inability to see women as three-dimensional beings, in control of their mind, body, and sexuality.

"When people argue that Wonder Woman should ‘cover up,’ I don’t quite get it," Gadot says. "They say, ‘If she’s smart and strong, she can’t also be sexy.’ That’s not fair. Why can’t she be all of the above?"