Not to be cheeky, but slash fiction was probably exactly what Wertham had on his mind: on the issue of sidekicks,
"Even when Wonder Woman adopts a girl there are Lesbian overtones."
Dave Bell: "Is Wertham's language expressing a view that might be behind all those improbably top-heavy spandex-clad women?"
Wertham on superwomen: "They do not work. They are not homemakers. They do not bring up a family. Mother-love is entirely absent." (He intends this as a criticism).
IMO, this and the "I don't know many ladies" mentality that leads to the spandex clad superwomen are two sides of the same coin.
Lawrence Watt Evans:
"I'm fairly sure Frederic Wertham didn't use the term "superhero" in Seduction of the Innocent; I don't know if he might have somewhere else."
For anyone interested, Wertham uses "superheroic" once, but not superhero (or super hero, or super-hero):
"The normal concept for a boy is to wish to become a man, not a superman, and to live with a girl rather than with a superheroic he-man."
I've tried to read the whole thing, but his assertions about women drive me insane.
There was an interesting article on the ethics of torture in Sunday's NYT magazine. It's thoughtful, pragmatic, and horrifying. Squirm squirm. Interesting that the piece mentions the show "24," which IMO is a highly entertaining shill for admin policies. Torture makes so much sense in context, and administered by Kiefer Sutherland, no?
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