December 11, 2008
Wonder Woman and the Phallic Symbol
Because fighting crime can be hard.
A suggestive, but entirely SFW collection of old WW comic book covers.
Sympathetic phallacy.
"Either these guys were complete perverts or working through their subconscious desires."
Or both!
See such phallic detail also in the new issue of Hoverboy (discussed previously, or not).
Comics101 has a fantastic essay on Wonder Woman that includes a good look at the early comics' bondage and submission themes, which I think we can all agree has absolutely no relation to the subject of this post.
I love this Lois Lane cover linked in the comments.
Hey, she's totally carrying that shark like it's a surfboard, not like it's a penis. What gives?
A surfboard is a symbol of the patriarchal hegemony, used to conquer the feminine ocean, subverting it to the imposed will of man.
As every fule kno.
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