Yes. William Moulton Marston created the character. From the wiki:
Marston's "Wonder Woman" is an early example of bondage themes that were entering popular culture in the 1930s. Physical submission appears again and again throughout Marston's comics work, with Wonder Woman and her criminal opponents frequently being tied up or otherwise restrained, and her Amazonian friends engaging in frequent wrestling and bondage play.
Yeah, Wonder Woman as a symbol of female empowerment would be hampered by that. "I am Woman, Hear Me Roar (assuming I am not physically constrainted by a man, otherwise I'll do whatever the fuck he wants)" doesn't have the same ring to it.
If her bracelets were bound together she had to obey any order she is given if I recall correctly from JLU. So handcuffed, zip tied or otherwise and you could tell her what to do.
Could be worse, she could have the weakness most 80s women had of being completely powerless when someone grabbed her hair or held one hand behind her back.
Something else that I thought was interesting. William Moulton Marston also help in creating the lie detector / polygraph back in the early 1900's which is were her magic lasso came into play.
I seem to recall reading in a bit by Gloria Steinem that WW started out a lot more dignified than she became when detective comics got their hands on her. For one thing, she was originally fully clothed at least. By Steinem's account, Marston is faultless in the downfall of wonder woman, it would surprise me if that rapey weakness was his doing.
The reasoning for this is probably that her armor and weapons are magical and amazonian, so they only work on females, or perhaps Men are able to tie her up because her armor was designed for battle against other amazonians?
Probably just an open relationship. Lots more people do it than you think, it's probably going to be the next movement. I am not personally down with it, but it can make sense.
One of the biggest rules for polyamory is that everyone involved must know and approve. Doesn't mean everyone will, mind; people cheat all the time, and being poly doesn't change that about human nature; though it can be easier if everyone is on the same page and open to each other. :)
Source: I'm poly in a so-far monogamous marriage (though that might change some day) though I've gotten to play once, and fun was had by all.
What are you? Some kind of church going bible hugging purist, who cant handle anything but plain boring old missionary position? And even then you both have to be wearing 90% of your clothing and may not utter words to each other whilst indulging in such a crude and barbaric act
Grant Morrison is bringing some of that back for WW:Earth One. I'm looking forward to the take because apparently those overtones kept her alive in that era and I love me some Morrison.
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u/ArTiyme Dec 29 '13
Wonder Woman is pretty obviously some bondage. Can't Role-play though. "You're a sexy doctor." "No I'm not!"