User blog comment:MrBlonde267/New 'Invincible Iron Man' Series to Star Riri Williams/@comment-11285291-20160709172805/@comment-61022-20160715134323

This is based on the presumption that while Riri is wearing the armor she is not posing as male while wearing the armor. Some heroes still have a secret identity to maintain and a costume is all about obscuring that identity. All past Iron Man armors are pretty asexual. The only exception being the Rescue armor.

Frankly, since Marvel is going towards being as all inclusive as possible, the woman in Iron MAN armor speaks more towards the direction of sexual fluidity society is heading in. With transgender rights being a huge social presently I could see this as slowly moving into the direction where transgendered characters start appearing in their comics. Which is a good thing, it creates a new level of diversity and dramatic story telling.