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Wonder Woman: Women
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For Marston, Wonder Woman was not primarily a role model for girls, but the vehicle through which he would get young boys used to the idea of strong, dominating women. He believed that the next century would see the subjugation of men by women, and that, through domination, women would create a more loving society:
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Wonder Woman ... encountered members of the criminal element. One of the more dogged of these was Doctor Psycho, a criminal psychotherapist. Dr. Psycho was a stunted, deformed figure who had been traumatized into a powerful hatred of women by childhood ridicule. Using a young girl named Marva as a medium, Psycho developed methods to form "ectoplasmic" constructs with which to battle Wonder Woman. Psycho was routinely defeated however, a circumstance that only reinforced his hatred of women (Wonder Woman vol. 1 #5, #160).
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Wonder Woman was ably assisted by the Holliday Girls, a sorority from a local women's college led by the sweets-addicted Etta Candy. Etta stood out for several reasons: she had a distinctive figure, occupied a central role in many storylines, and had an endearing propensity for exclaiming "Woo-woo" (which echoed the "Hoo-hoo" catchphrase associated with the popular vaudevillian comedian Hugh Herbert). Etta took her place with Steve Trevor and Diana herself as the series' most enduring characters.
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In a blatant advertising tie-in, during the final season of the televion series, Wonder Bread was Wonder Woman's sidekick for a brief time, prior to being eaten once the contract was over. Its powers included a crippling yeast infection attack and the power to cause women to sponaneously go "on the rag."
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Between 1942 to 1947, images of bound and gagged women frequently graced the covers of Sensation Comics and Wonder Woman. For example, in Wonder Woman #3, Wonder Woman herself ties up several other women, and dresses them in deer costumes and chases them through the forest. Later she rebinds them and displays them on a platter. In addition, Diana is rendered powerless if a male manages to chain her bracelets together. The comic's sexual subtext has been noted, leading to debates over whether it provided an outlet for Dr. Marston's sexual fantasies or whether it was meant (perhaps unconsciously) to appeal to, and possibly influence, the developing sexuality of young readers.[10]
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It is clear why Marston modelled Wonder Woman after his wife because during those times, it was difficult for a woman to earn a prestigious degree, and Elizabeth had earned three. She was ... clearly a liberating woman as Harvard Law School did not allow girls until the 1950s and was sent to Radcliffe, but she refused and asked her father for support. He replied "Absolutely not. As long as I have money to keep you in aprons, you can stay home with your mother," but she still went ahead with it and raised $100 for herself and as one of three women to come out with a degree, she earned one in 1918.
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