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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Take me to Paradise Island

I just read some interesting info about the history of Wonder Woman. The creator, William Moulton Marston was a Harvard PhD and lived with his wife and lover for decades. He fathered children with both and the women named the kids after each other. They continued to live together following his death.
The bondage imagery in the WW comics was no coincidence. He believed that BDSM was a force for good in the world and fulfilled a universal subconscious longing to be bound and submit. In light of this information and because he (and WW) was a symbol of women's liberation/empowerment, I have to wonder if Hef's son, Marston Hefner, was named after him.
Another factoid that I found most interesting is that Marston invented the lie detector, a systolic blood pressure test that could detect deception used in the modern polygraph. I guess he was on to something with that Lasso of Truth.

2 Comments:

Blogger Dan said...

At first glance I thought this was a request to take you to the actual Paradise Island in the Bahamas, in which case my answer would have been a resounding no. However upon further review, I see my error in jumping to conclusions.

2:34 PM

 
Blogger Aaron said...

Fine! I didn't want to go to Paradise Island with you anyway! *sob*

2:49 PM

 

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