Originally Posted by
David B.
A lot of Marston's ideas were symbolic, bondage included. Like Trina Robbins wrote to Tim Hanley about an essay on WW I saw online: "she was tied to show she could free herself".
Plus I don't think bondage was so rare in popular culture before WW2: how many pulp covers, movies and comics were featuring half-naked women, tied and in imminent danger?
Like Jim, I am also surprised to see a lot of people embarrassed by the material, sometimes even mocking it, but have no problem with WW ripping a centaur in two with her bare hands; they also watch games of thrones with its never-ending succession of boobs, rapes and slaughters, but somehow golden age WW is considered for pervert only.