What DC Wants You to Forget About Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is one of most independent comic book heroes of the DC Universe. Since being introduced all the way back in 1941, this Amazonian Princess has undergone many, many changes to her character arc. In addition to being a demigod, a being who is the offspring of a god, Wonder Woman is one of the most powerful heroes in the DCU and is portrayed as the physical embodiment of feminism, I will get to this later.

“Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don’t want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women’s strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”

William Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman, wanted was the Amazonian to fight for justice, love, peace, and sexual equality, as much as he wanted to put forward his belief that the world would be better off if it was run by women. The lasso of truth came about because Marston was one of the inventors of the polygraph lie detector test. Did you know that?  With the insight of Wonder Woman’s meaning, however, she first appeared in All-Star Comics #8, where she quickly became an honorary member of the Justice Society, but by issue #14, they made her Secretary, for being a woman, a role she had for years. It would be best that DCU fans don’t see this aspect in the upcoming Wonder Woman and Justice League movies, both coming out in 2017.

It brings disappointment to the fans of the Amazonian Warrior Princess in her earlier years in the DC Universe, I will get to that later, and more recent outrage in the world. On October 21^st, 2016, Wonder Woman was appointed as the figurehead of the feminist campaign to be a “United Nations honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls.”   This was shortly lived as not even 2 months later, on December 14^th 2016, Wonder Woman was stripped of the title for being “not culturally sensitive”. Talk about equality. This was a monumental to everyone, not just feminist, as Wonder Woman did what no other fictional character has before.

Although this may seem as a setback for feminism, it does demonstrate that anything is possible for a strong woman, and that she can achieve anything in modern society. As seen in this fictional character with strange roots, that I will NOT get into for the sake of keeping what she stands for alive, Wonder Woman will continue to be a role model for a range of people extending for men, women, boys, girls, and everyone else.