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22. She was invented by a BDSM-activist psychologist

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:51 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/origin-story-wonder-woman-180952710/?no-ist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moulton_Marston

"The only hope for peace is to teach people who are full of pep and unbound force to enjoy being bound... Only when the control of self by others is more pleasant than the unbound assertion of self in human relationships can we hope for a stable, peaceful human society... Giving to others, being controlled by them, submitting to other people cannot possibly be enjoyable without a strong erotic element."

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Wonder Woman is too Violent for schools? [View all] diabeticman Aug 2015 OP

She seems tall HassleCat Aug 2015 #1

This is the lunchbox they want SummerSnow Aug 2015 #2

I thought Wonder Woman was one of the good people? BlueJazz Aug 2015 #3

Well, superheroes do tend to be violent. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #4

Ace and Gary - The Ambiguously Gay Duo? Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #8

I was thinking Ambush Bug, but I checked online, and it turns out Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #10

Life is rough when your arch enemy is an argyle sock! Nt. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #13

If you're going to be a superhero, you have to beat up some bad guys along the way Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #14

I'm sure sports teams are a-ok. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #5

Well, if all superheroes are banned, then they cannot make an exception in this case. femmocrat Aug 2015 #6

I'm glad this rule wasn't in place back in the '60s Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #7

Sorry, that lunchbox is not NRA - approved. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #11

Batman is and has always been anti-gun, I just binge watched Batman: Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #18

Not always exboyfil Aug 2015 #19

He only did that a few times. Frank Cannon Aug 2015 #21

That's Something of a Myth chrisau214 Aug 2015 #23

Here you go sarisataka Aug 2015 #25

I'll bet those are some SERIOUSLY boring... Shandris Aug 2015 #9

What? There's a disagreement over what a symbol represents? Igel Aug 2015 #12

Wonder Woman doesn't represent violence meow2u3 Aug 2015 #15

Great line from Kingdom Come exboyfil Aug 2015 #20

My kids live and breath DC superheroes. Codeine Aug 2015 #16

Same here....please meet the Mistress of Magic, Zatanna... Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #28

This is zero tolerance, taken where everyone should have know it would be. beevul Aug 2015 #17

She was invented by a BDSM-activist psychologist Recursion Aug 2015 #22

and father of the lie detector reddread Aug 2015 #29

No superheroes was a rule way back when my kids were in school frazzled Aug 2015 #24

The problem is stupid one size fits all policy. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #26

They fear a magic rope that makes you tell the truth. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #27

because censorship is as American as apple pie reddread Aug 2015 #30