...shadows in 1939. Wonder Woman landed in her invisible plane in 1941.” Wonder Woman was created in 1941 by American Psychologist William Moulton Marston making her first appearance on Star Comic’s #8. Wonder Woman is an Amazonian princess with a range of superpowers and battle skills. Her weapons include the lasso of truth, her tiara, and indestructible bracelets. Much of Marston’s inspiration for Wonder Woman’s character came from the women in his polyamorous relationship. She was the first female A-list character and later became a feminist icon. This is evident when your discover her one weakness that renders her completely powerless, which is having her bracelets bound together with chains by a man. This weakness can be applied to society and reflects women’s rights and men’s power over them. Her first appearance in the comics, was around the time of WWII when women were asked to join the workforce. Women were brought in to work which, they had never done in their life. When the soldiers returned, women were asked to return to attend to the home. Women have always been sought out to be inferior to men, and being deemed as powerless and unable to mount up to them. The reason Wonder Woman was created by Dr. Marston was to empower young girls and women to achieve what has been monopolized by men. Wonder Woman is what bridged 1910s and 1970s feminism together from the 1940s. As she has emerged throughout the years women today have found themselves relating to Wonder Woman in different...
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...Wonder woman has been around for over seventy years. The only other super heroes that are even comparable are super man and batman through the years she has thrilled and inspired many young girls. “She is constantly pulled in two directions; her stories must be entertaining and non threatening to the male status quo, while simultaneously furthering her as the original symbol of 'Girl Power’” (Introduction). She is an icon of strength to women everywhere, but she can also be chastised for wearing a skimpy costume. Wonder Woman represents the entire female gender, at a time of important social flux. Wonder Woman has evolved into an important symbol of the feminist movement; even though she was created by a man to influence a male audience (Introduction). In February of 1941 William Moulton Marston Wrote ‘Suprema: The Wonder Woman.’ This was the first sight of Wonder Woman....
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...October 2014 Wonder Woman Children always looking for a positive role model to have, and many end up choosing superheroes they see in their favorite comic books or ones they have seen in the media. Since children are so easily affected by things they see in their childhood, having discriminatory elements in these influential characters may be problematic. “The Wonder Woman Precedent: Female (Super) Heroism on Trial” written by Julie D. O’Reilly, was published in the Journal of American Culture in 2005. O’Reilly is a professor of communication and women and gender at Heidelberg University. In “The Wonder Woman Precedent”, she writes about the hardships that female superheroes in the media must face that male superheroes do not go through. Throughout her article she compares Wonder Woman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the sisters of Charmed to male superheroes like Superman and Jake 2.0. “Wonder Woman” written by Gloria Steinem, is an excerpt from a book written about Wonder Woman. Steinem is well known activist, feminist, and author. “Wonder Woman” talks about how Wonder Woman helped shape Steinem to become the woman she is today. O’Reilly and Steinem both believe that the creator of Wonder Woman views on feminism are not exactly correct. However, both authors share opposing viewpoints on the trials female superheroes face and if wonder woman is a feminist icon. The creator of Wonder Woman, not surprising to most, was a man. William Moulton Marston, who wrote the Wonder Woman comics...
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...Wonder Woman is a character initially created for comic book in 1941, the medium in which she is still most prominently found to this day. As befitting an icon of her status, she has made appearances in other forms of media and has been referenced and meta-referenced beyond the scope of traditional superhero entertainment. For several years in the 1950s, the only three superheroes to have their own comic book were Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. The cultural impact of the character, once derided by psychologists and anti-comic book crusaders as an anti-male lesbian, has steadily increased over the years, having served as an iconic exemplar of the feminist movement and a continuing symbol of female empowerment. As such, she appears in numerous media, from cereal box covers and popular magazines to being referenced both directly and indirectly in film, animation and television programming. As a cultural icon, she is the subject of several homages and parodies in many forms of media. In art Wonder Woman is the subject of a 1978 - 1979 video art piece Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman. In this work she uses appropriated images of Wonder Woman to subvert the ideology and meaning embedded in the television series. Author T.J. Demos writes, "(the) opening with a prolonged salvo of fiery explosions accompanied by the warning cry of a siren, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman is supercharged, action-packed, and visually riveting... throughout its nearly six minutes...
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...to which she published her article “Wonder Woman.” In her article, Steinem wrote about Wonder Woman’s background and life along with the representation of women in comic books and how these different depictions can influence and inspire predominately younger audiences regardless of gender. Steinem’s style is focused mainly on logos to relay a clear image of Wonder Woman as a character and her impact on readers. She ultimately wanted to inform the reader of the importance of Wonder Woman’s effect on youth in a platform largely directed by the patriarchy and she made a compelling case with a strong, justified logos and clear ethos. Steinem first wrote about her youth as a comic book reader and how comic books were the easily accessible and cheap building blocks to her reading comprehension along with “cereal boxes and ketchup labels” (Steinem). She discussed the psychology behind the need for superheroes in children’s mindsets as a way to better cope with reality and express their individualism but with every superhero being a man young women, like Steinem, had to project their consciousness into male characters suppressing their womanhood to only being a damsel in distress. Steinem wrote that Wonder Woman “rescued” her at the age of seven from the “weak, bosomy, blonde heroines” (Steinem) with her strength, wisdom, speed, and power to inspire love. Steinem being a young and impressionable girl who had read comic books before and after Wonder Woman is her ethos. Ethos is essentially...
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...Their active role was portrayed by Wonder Woman who “fought alongside the boys” in order “to assist in the noble cause of taking down the Nazis”(Lambert 8). Within the comic, “The Five Tasks of Thomas Tighe “, Wonder Woman has to help the Holliday girls complete several tasks in order to prove to Thomas Tighe that women are just as capable as men. While Wonder Woman was a representation of women, she was stronger than any human was. Strength is a trait that is linked with being masculine and capable which is why Wonder Woman is so successful. As McFarlane, a legendary comic creator says, “ So the female characters that work are the ones that are just strong women”(Rosenburg 4). Heroes that are strong makes seem to have the potential of actually saving and protecting people as seen in Wonder...
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...In ”Is Wonder Woman Suited To Be a U.N. Ambassador?,” Nourish Aizenman reports the dispute on Wonder Woman’s appointment as “Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls.” Aizenman states that some feminist activists - including Anne Marie Goetz, a professor of global affairs at New York University and a former adviser on peace and security issues to the United Nations agency, U.N. women - protest the assignment of Wonder Woman, saying the timing could not be worse. According to the article, the attempt to realize the first female Secretary General of the United Nation resulted in a failure, in spite of painstaking endeavors of many organizations that advocates women’s rights. Therefore, to the people who disappointed about the...
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...Wonder Woman Today’s Feminist Icon Mariano Pinho World Mythology HUM/105 September 20, 2010 Megge Fitz Randolph Wonder Woman: Today’s Feminist Icon Wonder Woman was more than a lasso slinging, bullet dodging super hero; she is an American feminist’s icon. Wonder Woman was introduced to Americans during World War II, by William Moulton Marston, a Harvard trained psychologist and lawyer. She represented nationhood at a time when our nation was at war. She was the daughter of Queen Hippolyte ruler of an all-woman race of Amazons living on Paradise Island, somewhere located in the Bermuda Triangle. She was named Princess Diana, after the Romanized version of the Greek Goddess Artemis (Emad, 2006). Since the inception of Wonder Woman, her origin has changed twice. Originally she earned her power and title she embodied for decades when she won a power competition amongst the other Amazonian women. In the second version of her origin she did not win her powers but instead was given them to her by the Gods themselves. Wonder Woman was much more than a comic book super hero. According to historian Lori Landay, “Wonder Woman operated in wartime popular culture as a metaphor for the movement in femininity out of the garden and into the war” (p. 11). She contained her super human powers from the public and lived a dual life, nurse and super hero. This reinforced the perception that women need to hide the power and strength allowing men to remain the dominate...
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...Through the movie Killing Us Softly 3, Jean kilbourne has given an interesting perspective in portraying to us what it means to be a woman according to the image we see in the media. She makes the argument that although it appears that women in this day and era have acquired power, it is a false sense of achievement and very short lived. She has dissected and discussed how the media and advertising companies have evolved in the last 20 years. Advertising is more a part of our lives today than it has ever been. In fact, advertising today has become a serious business with profits nearing 180 billion dollars a year, something that we all agree should be taken seriously. Consumers get bombarded by approximately 3000 ads per day and it has been estimated that the average consumers spends on average 3 years of their life watching just ads alone. No wonder that advertising is the foundation of the mass media. The problem that she points out is that while advertising is selling products it also perpetuates the ideas, values, beauty, and notions of love and happiness and, to a certain extent, the idea or concept of normalcy. This is the area that I personally have a problem with, since it also subliminally imposes on how to act, react and worst of all, be. How does advertising cause that effect? How can it be so powerful? It starts by surrounding you with what it means to be beautiful, by creating or suggesting a false sense of beauty and making you feel diminished, not worthy and shameful...
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...Assignment # 4 – A Business Plan One Wing Wonder, LLC Business Description One Wing Wonder, LLC was created by Kathleen Carpenter after having surgery to repair a nerve in the subjects left arm and was forced to keep the arm immobile for two weeks. During this time, the creator was given a standard arm sling to use that was both uncomfortable and eventually gave the subject a rash. There was also a problem of having to carry a purse in addition to the arm sling. In order to carry a purse, a woman would have to use the opposite arm, causing two straps to dig into a woman’s shoulder. Thus, One Wing Wonder was born. One Wing Wonder is a company that provides arm slings that are comfortable, attractive and practical. The company will sell the arm slings through a website. The arm slings can be ordered using standardized sizing or can be customized to the individual’s arm measurements. The slings are available in various colors and patterns and come with a removable sleeve that fits over the strap to prevent skin irritation and discomfort. The slings will also have a pocket sewn into the front so that the individual will be able to carry a few items so that the injured individual will not need to carry a purse or fumble for a wallet. One Wing Wonder will be set up as a small, woman owned “ebusiness” that provides a service and a product. The product will be the arm sling. The service will be the customization of the sling. If a customer has a special feature, such as...
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...Wonder Woman was more than a lasso slinging, bullet dodging super hero; she is an American feminist’s icon. Wonder Woman was introduced to Americans during World War II, by William Moulton Marston, a Harvard trained psychologist and lawyer. She represented nationhood at a time when our nation was at war. She was the daughter of Queen Hippolyte ruler of an all-woman race of Amazons living on Paradise Island, somewhere located in the Bermuda Triangle. She was named Princess Diana, after the Romanized version of the Greek Goddess Artemis (Emad, 2006). Since the inception of Wonder Woman, her origin has changed twice. Originally she earned her power and title she embodied for decades when she won a power competition amongst the other Amazonian women. In the second version of her origin she did not win her powers but instead was given them to her by the Gods themselves. Wonder Woman was much more than a comic book super hero. According to historian Lori Landay, “Wonder Woman operated in wartime popular culture as a metaphor for the movement in femininity out of the garden and into the war” (p. 11). She contained her super human powers from the public and lived a dual life, nurse and super hero. This reinforced the perception that women need to hide the power and strength allowing men to remain the dominate species. By the late 1990’s, Wonder Woman’s image changed and began to align with the times. She bared a more determined look, her body was toned and she donned a more “ready...
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...The world is not becoming a safe place for women of all ages. There are men out in the world looking for sex, and cannot get it. Then, they go looking for women who seem vulnerable. Men would take a woman easily and force a women’s clothes off even if she would not want to. This type of experience would change an outlook on women’s sex life. Women would not even talk about the experience because they would be terrified of the reactions of others. Also some men would kill a woman after the act of rapping a woman. Men that do such a horrible act is serial rapists. Serial rapists are men who do a series of rapes and it’s a fraction of them who gets away, and who get caught. Serial rapists would try to attack a woman when no one around. If the area is known for bad things happen it would be good to stay around a group of friends, and not be alone. It would be lucky for a woman to be still alive after the act. Serial rapists they would get caught, but a small portion of them would go and...
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...Many people in today’s society with low income wonder how they would feed their children, pregnant women who cannot afford formula for their baby, and a decent place to stay. Today, there are poor mother’s in the society who worry about is there baby going to have formula, some even worry about if they have all the information to meet the standard to get the free program. Some people today with low income cannot afford a place to stay or do not have enough money to pay high rent every month. Some wonder if they can apply for Section 8 housing program would they be accepted and receive the free benefit. Welfare is a great program that offers different program the help low income people. Welfare offers different programs such as Food Stamps, Section 8, and...
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...it’s retro 1970s or cool 2013. The ad that I chose to analyze is for the Natural Wonder nail polish. This ad was published in The Australian Women’s Weekly on February 11, 1976. The ad shows a women’s face covered with several hands over her eyes, and all the finger nails are painted in different vibrant shades of Natural Wonder nail polish. The model’s lips are adorned with red lipstick, which enhances to the ad’s visual appeal. The color palette used in this ad is very attractive and bright, and the photography is impressive. Underneath the photo is the narration of the ad, advising that this nail polish is a revolutionary product, as it does not only make nails beautiful but strong. The use of alluring vocabulary, different sizes of fonts and concise information leaves the reader with a clear sense of how the product works. The Natural Wonder, “Where Beauty Begins” is a rational, inspiring and persuasive ad, which justifies the appeal to credibility, appeal to emotions and appeal to reason. There are two aspects which make this ad believable and credible. Firstly, its publication in the Australian Women’s weekly magazine. The Australian Women's Weekly, launched in 1933, is the most widely read magazine in the history of Australian publishing. The magazine was first introduced as a weekly publication (National Library of Australia). Secondly, “the United States based cosmetics brand, Natural Wonder, which was operated by Revlon Consumer Products Corporation from 1963 to 2000...
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...Option Thousands of woman all around the world have abortions every day. Women believe there are several reasons to abort a child such as being a young mother, no money, or being forced to have sex. Whatever has happen there is always a better way than abortion. Human values, and your since of mothering instincts should prevent this not to mention your conscience. The first reason for not having an abortion is human responsibility. Women should consider the feelings of the unborn child who have no idea what is going on. These unborn children are not responsible for their situation. These unborn children should be allowed the opportunity to grow and have a chance at life. Women should apply there motherly instincts when it comes to these unborn children. There are several options available to these women such as adoption, county agencies, and private parties with good back grounds wanting to adopt unborn child. The second reason why women should not have an abortion has to do with a wide variety of religious beliefs. Many religions will punish women or treat them very badly including not being able to participate in church activities. In many churches some form of penitence is required before they will be allowed to continue in church activities. It is not a necessary thing to kill unborn child with today’s options. The third and most important reason for not having an abortion is related to the women having a guilty conscious. When any woman has an abortion, she will remember...
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