the manner in which batman affirms his respect for dr. october and her gender transition has also drawn positive attention. andrew dyce observed that batman sends dr. october a card after her gender reassignment—"as batman", not as bruce wayne. this puts the imprimatur of the widely loved superhero on gender reassignment. as the "model of ideal masculinity," author jeffrey a. brown writes, batman's action enables readers (especially men) to see gender transition as appropriate behavior and transgender individuals as "perfectly normal" and worthy of respect.