ABSTRACT
Wonder Woman is pictured bound and gagged with a metal collar, double bands on her wrists, and Amazon bracelets. The chains and ropes relate to the history of the bondage of women and the fight for women's rights. Wonder Woman chronicled a new movement, the release of women's power. There are intrapsychic, developmental, and environmental influences at play here that lie behind the need to contain women and their ability to assert themselves. Women prefer to fit in while men more comfortably enjoy being the stars and crowing about it. Comfort level in states of separateness and autonomy underlie the differences in the sense of connection and intimacy in girls and women and of agency and advocacy in boys and men. It also relates to the idea that women are more open to intimacy and connectedness while men are often avoidant of emotional closeness. The mother's emotionally expressive face is the most potent visual stimulus from the infant's environment.
