"Professor Marston and Wonder Woman"
To tell the truth, although in ancient China, it was not absurd to have two wives, but in the United States in the 20th century, it is difficult to understand how to say it.
But the beauty of the movie is that it is strange that children from such a family show their special family with an attitude of acceptance and support. And it should be noted that Marston's family is not simply built on the "monogamy" of China's feudal era, but a complex of anti-moral and anti-traditional sexual relations such as "bisexuality" and "sexual abuse" .
The movie, though from an objective point of view, helps us show such a real family. But the advancement of the film is obviously a relief.
First, Marston and his two wives faced moral and conscience challenges, but also achieved worldly success.
American culture, although as a country, as a society, people in it still need to be bound by ethics. But potentially, it also encourages "different", "unconventional", "adventurous exploration", and even "criminal provocation". For example, what Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Zuckerberg did before they achieved great things (basically, technology plagiarism) were strictly illegal, even in the case of Apple's later tax evasion, patent theft, face The disclosure of privacy is still illegal. So I have always understood it this way, the "sexual liberation" in the United States is actually "the liberation of thought and behavior", and it is a way of showing that brushes aside and even challenges morality. (So, we should understand that American culture allows indiscriminate means, and we must directly complain to Americans.)
The reason why Marston is famous, first of all, he is a psychology professor, who invented the "lie detector" and created the classic comic character "Wonder Woman". Not only has its identity "authority" in the scientific community, but also its contribution to cultural history. The logic of American culture is that success and fame are heroes.
Second, Marston's success lies in his secular promotion of his theory.
As I discussed with my friends before, why are the four famous novels "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" so falsifying history and contempt for women? A problem that we cannot ignore is that the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the stage of the growth of literati novels, and the key was the promotion of "secularization". "Three Kingdoms" is neutral and objective, but most of the people who read novels and listen to stories are ordinary people, not scholars, just like children and adults. If telling stories to children does not distinguish between "good people and bad people", children will not be able to accept the story, because they can't stand aside. In the same way, in order to please the secular and voluptuous taste, it is inevitable for these famous works to please feudal patriarchy and slander women.
Of course, not many of us will accept Marston's theoretical results now. As with his polygraph, relying on "systolic blood pressure" alone is not rigorous enough. Plus today's lie detectors are supposed to be more accurate, but many movies show us how spies can fool lie detectors by controlling heart rhythm. Marston's theory should be said to be backward, based only on observations and conjectures.
At the time, psychology had just been separated from philosophy. Marston's research starting point, it should be said, is also a good one: I spent several years in the Office of Strategic Intelligence, and I probed into the hearts of soldiers. The people I saw, they went through unimaginable things. The road to peace is neither economic nor political, but solving problems in people's minds. That is to say, he felt the damage of the war to people's hearts, became interested in psychology, and hoped to solve people's psychological problems by mastering psychology.
Marston and his wife mainly rely on "observation" to explore human psychology (we know, this is full of subjective color, but at the time this should be the main way. Just as physics was originally based on feeling, see When a heavy object hits the ground first, it is said that the decisive factor for falling is the weight). When asked, "How did you come up with this theory?" Marston's answer was: I began to observe students' lives, courtship and the like. The film also offers an observation that Marston and his wife discuss: Her beauty gives her an edge over other girls, no, she's involved in a war, see? Look at the way she turns her eyes away, if she makes too long eye contact with the guy, he'll mistake her for being interested in him, and then when she inevitably rejects him, he'll think she's a slut woman. Meanwhile, the blonde girl next to her likes the boy. Oh! That blond girl hated us impulsive, so fierce that she couldn't sit still, but they all had to sit there smiling and pretending. Because that's the life they chose. Obviously, Marston's observation is to grasp the essence through the phenomenon, but all this is based on subjective speculation.
Then, in his words, he created a set of models of human emotions—the DISC theory: domination, inducement, surrender, and submission, all human relationships can ultimately be classified into these emotional categories. A person is happiest when they submit to the authority they love. What matters is that people submit to the authority voluntarily, and it is their own ideas. When people feel forced to do what they don't want to do, there's trouble, it's just submission. Those who succumb to non-submission are unfortunate and oppressive, and this leads to hatred. The extremes of this emotion lead to crime, war, and fascism. How to avoid submission? It appears to be inherent in most scenarios. Induce! Induction is a way of enticing someone to adopt the angle of your thinking, to dominate them so completely that what you want is what they want, and they desperately want to give it to you. Ladies, that is the key to life's love, happiness, and peace. Women are better at induction than men.
Simply put, his theory is that the core human psychological need is "surrender." Just like monkeys, happiness is found when a truly "great" monkey king is found and "submitted" to it convincingly. In this way, your life is like having a support and a purpose. In order for people to surrender themselves, they must rely on "induction". Successful inducement creates surrender, and unsuccessful inducement leads to surrender, and surrender is "unwilling" obedience, so there will be contradictions and conflicts. After all, it is based on observation and reasoning, not to mention the mirror image theory, so it is not difficult for such a theory to find a correspondence in reality.
And Marston unexpectedly found a correspondence in pornographic images: domination, inducement, submission, submission. These pictures are metaphors for theory, and in an instant they express what I have been trying to explain my whole life. Clearly, Marston's theory and pornography correspond to BDSM. As in the film Marston finds "experts" in sexual abuse: they ask me why do I need ropes, or costumes, or cosplay? I tell them that we play roles all the time in our daily lives. There we are bound by chains, stronger than those used here. But the truth is that men and women crave control and want to be controlled. This is human nature. Real life is a chain of pain and loss, but fantasy is possible. Who said that there is no pain in love, but love is pain. We are hurting those we love with our words and desires every minute. The essence of love is pain.
Then just as Marston can't sell books, he sells polygraphs through newspapers to make money to support his family. Smart he thought of a way to promote his theory, which is secularization. Everyone likes to read comics, so they show it through comics. He created Wonder Woman, based on his lover and theory:
I want to inject my thoughts into the heart of the United States. I mean, I'll get a real artist to paint and she's an Amazonian princess who lives on an island where there are only women - Paradise Island. And then a man crashed to the island? Yes, Agent!
You bring the lie detector to life in the Wonder Woman comics, where her lasso of truth forces criminals to tell the truth.
Why Wonder Woman is an Amazon, in Greek mythology, the Amazons were a powerful tribe of women that did not depend on men to survive and had no men. What's important to me is that girls recognize their own ability to create their own destiny, if they want to be president of the United States.
And Wonder Woman's spell is "Sappho the Suffering", Sappho was a famous ancient Greek poet, known for his love for women, my belief is that lust and emotion between women is completely natural.
We must not let it (referring to their special family) hurt our children, we must make up a story, a lie, and stick to it. Wonder Woman has a secret identity, yes. Why does she need to hide herself in the human world.
Wonder Woman is so versatile, and the hidden identity you give her is secretary. She is a modern woman, she has a career of her own, she earns money to support herself, she does not depend on men.
The erotic element is necessary, otherwise how could surrender be pleasant? The bondage of pleasure, I'm forced to obey, I'm teaching the reader to surrender to a beloved authority, so surrender is pleasurable, and young boys must learn this so that they will grow up to respect powerful women.
I am the creator of Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman is a love letter, she is a fantasy. She's from a far away place, where there's beauty, justice, and respect, and I'm writing about the women I've seen and known, who are as powerful, all-powerful, and exactly as Wonder Woman, and now we can argue about her dress The length of it, but what matters is the way Wonder Woman transforms criminals, she lets them tell the truth, and that's the truth she stands for. To you, Wonder Woman is just a comic book, but she is my life, and she is my love.
Worst of all, of course, was his parody of pornography and his incorporation into Wonder Woman, which ended up being criticized for the amount of bundling, spanking, torture, homosexuality, and other perversions involved in the content. And it was banned by the National Weathering League. Of course, we all saw the success of today's Wonder Woman movie. And because of this biopic, I deliberately checked the previous comics on the Internet, and it is estimated that it has been purified, so I can't see any bad information.
Just like, Marston had a fight with the other parent because the child was bullied, and came back to educate the child: You know, it was wrong for me to fight today. But you have to understand that there is something bigger than fists, right here, ideas, ideas, that are bigger than power. Marston is a smart man. He is extremely rational about his theories and the management of his life. His "Wonder Woman" was a success, and as for his theory, history will give it a fair evaluation (the film also specially set up a plot. Because of social criticism, Marston's wife, drove away The female assistant. Marston then persuades his wife to kneel down and "submit" to the female assistant, thereby obtaining forgiveness and allowing the female assistant to return).
Finally, we can see that Marston's wisdom lies in language. Indeed, language and thinking have a high degree of consistency.
This is how he persuaded the creator of Superman to accept the "Wonder Woman" he designed. The whole conversation is very convincing and can be adjusted in time, as follows:
Are you the one who discovered Superman?
right!
You are a man of great taste, which is why I found you in the first place.
Who the fuck said they wanted a nun? (Speaking this sentence, not only refers to Sang scolding Huai, but also deliberately snubs Marston)
I created a new comic book superhero. Her name is Wonder Woman.
Female superheroes, not ordinary female superheroes?
I think it's the contemporary Athena, America's goddess of tomorrow.
Oh, and female-led superhero comic books don't sell.
She's totally different, a whole new kind of comic book narrative.
They've tried Invisible Woman, Light Woman.
Sorry, this is not a gimmick. Don't mistake me for the mediocrity you usually deal with, sir. I'm a Harvard-educated psychologist with 25 years of experience analyzing human emotions, and I'm the inventor of the polygraph. Wonder Woman is no ordinary comic book. Instead, it was the beginning of a powerful feminist movement. She will be crafted and infused with emotion. Based on a lifetime of research on the human mind, transformed into a popular media book to empower women.
Are you a professor?
Used to be, yes.
I used to be a principal.
Then, as a person in the education industry, you must be able to see the potential of this new medium. Together, we can make this comic otherworldly, placing it among the most powerful art movements of the century.
Are you always so good at blowing? Uh, Shulima Wonder Woman. Too many words. Why not just call her, uh, Wonder Woman?
Wonder Woman... Wonder Woman... Wonder Woman, I love it.
In addition, there are many places in the film where Marston's wife is shown. She is a fierce and intelligent woman. I think Wonder Woman's appearance may not come from her, but her character must come from her.
Marston's wife is very worried about the beautiful new assistant her husband has found. On the one hand, she said to her husband: No, I have no sexual jealousy, why should I live with nature, I am your wife, not your jailer. He turned around and said to the female assistant: Oh, if you fuck my husband, I will kill you. Say to husband: Very important! I can't allow you to be a schoolgirl. When the husband retorted: You said it was fine before. She replied: I changed my mind, if you are so eager to understand women's minds, start with this!
Marston's wife was also very good, but in those days, it was very difficult for women to get ahead, especially in the scientific world. So, Marston's wife has these words: Honey, "penis envy" is a metaphor. It signifies a kind of envy that women experience, a kind of envy of the man's place in the world, his dominance, his abilities. Not only can insert a woman, but also life. Oh insert life!
Marston's wife and female assistant think: If men's nature is violence and disobedience, and women's nature is love and nurturing. Shouldn't women rule the world? Wouldn't that be a more reasonable option? Marston replied: But be careful, ladies. We men will not give up power without going through a battle.
Marston's wife initially tried wearing sexy clothes for Marston and the female assistant, and tried tying up. Also objected: When will you stop using your penis arousal in the name of science, the way he controls that girl is pathological, do you know better than she does about her sex life?
Plus, we know that biopics need to be realistic. Even if the entire content is conjectured by the screenwriter, the whitewashing and defense of Marston. The movie still provides some real information at the end, let us refer to:
Marston died of cancer in 1947. Elizabeth lived with Olive for another 38 years until Olive's death in 1985 at the age of 100. After her death, Marston's blatant themes of sexuality, and her superpowers, were removed from the Wonder Woman comic books. In 1972, Gloria Steinem put Wonder Woman on the cover of the first edition of Ladies magazine, reviving her popularity and finally returning Wonder Woman's superpowers. To pay tribute to the women who raised him, Peter Marston established a Wonder Woman Museum in Connecticut with a collection of more than 4,000 objects. Peter passed away in January 2017, and Wonder Woman remains the most famous female superhero of all time. 18.12.25
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