These 30 Anti-Suffragette Posters Show The ‘Dangers’ Of Women’s Rights
Times are a-changing and nowadays it is easy to take our ability to vote for granted. However, it's really not that long ago since our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had to go through some serious abuse to win that right. Just a century ago, suffrage was a highly divisive and controversial issue in Western society.
It's always scary to challenge the status quo and these postcards from the early 20th century are a perfect illustration of that. In them, you can see the frustration of men and women alike, who were afraid of change and thought that granting women the right to vote will somehow ruin the world and the progress that was made. Sadly, these mocking images still look vaguely familiar even in today's context where feminists (sometimes even referred to as feminazis) are depicted as irrational, neurotic and even abusive. Scroll down below to see the full list of illustrations and don't forget to vote for the ones you like (erm, hate?) the most.
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The reason these posters, like this one, were made is because this is the way the men acted toward women and were TERRIFIED to have it come back to THEM!
I love how pretty much any comments made by men that is making fun or finding humor in some of these posters (and lets face it, some of these faces look hilarious) are getting downvoted, as if they agree with the poster or something. You know we can disagree with the message wholeheartedly and still find these antiquated drawings hilarious looking.
These were purposefully exaggerated by men to spread the fear that they were losing control of their women.
So they're fine with women doing these things, but when men do it, the world is over? I guess men in those times were really bad at doing those things.
So they only care about men having to do these things. 😕
God forbid you take care of your own child. Makes my husband look like a saint.
You were either a mother or a whore. There was no other recognized position.
I don't get the whole thing about ham and mustard. Does this have to do with men cooking or something? Again, this poster make needs to go back to poster school.
HUH! According to many this is still what awaits women who go "professional". Despite the fact it takes two people working to make ends meet, don't encourage a woman to have a profession!
What is especially horrible is that the men, who were repressing women, portrayed themselves as the victims!
Note: this post originally had 60 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Most of these boil down to "we're afraid of being treated the same way we treat women!"
That's what I was thinking. So the biggest thing men were scared of was having to contribute to the household in a form other than money, letting their wives have a break every once in a while and the fact that they may actually have to be responsible for their children in a way other than as the disciplinarian. And it's nice to see men that accept that it's ok for the wife to work while the husband stays home with the kids. Nobody is solely responsible for running a home. It should always be a joint effort.
There is the saying 'people would rather die than change their habit' - the rule applies to privileged men here. They were used to hear 'yes' at all times cuz women were made to say it at all times. When they eventually said 'no' the old habit of all men could not cope AT ALL. But boohooo. They have to
Yes! This!!!
Exactly
And an amen as well.
Yep. "Don't give women the right to vote unless you want to be the servant stuck at home with the children while your wife becomes your breadwinner!" Definite overreacting in my opinion.
all this BS you women are spewing, then let's see the women working for money and the men take care the kids, then all of us will see if it's still called fair and equal.
Wow. This only proves that women were right to fight for their right.
And the truly sad thing is, we're still fighting for equal rights. Autonomy over our own bodies, the right to be able to say 'no' without facing violence or murder.
@Full Name, The question autonomy over our body is not only about sexual harassment (or worse). Men are making laws about what women can and cannot do. There are places today where, when a woman is pregnant and she is facing serious risk of death to deliver the baby, she cannot get an abortion because "life is so precious!" There are states in the US that are fighting very, very hard right now to pull back the rights of bodily autonomy for women.
Full Name, if a man touches me and I don't want it and I complain, I am a hysterical bitch who cannot take a compliment. Nobody gives a shit even if that man would rape me. There would be hordes of guys like you even defending this man and putting me down. So get a reality check now and then.
Ana J, I cannot even choose the contraception I want because doctors deny them to me for no medical reason. How is this autonomy over my body?
@Ana J There are many states in the US changing laws to continue to take away a woman's right to choose. It affects mostly lower income individuals and the young who can't afford to travel to other states.....
Equality in salaries
Autonomy over our own bodies is code for let me kill babies in the womb. You are sick.
Rights to your own bodies? You literally have that by law and have for years. If a man touches you and you don't want it, he can go to jail. You are not allowed to be bought nor sold.
Interesting! So basically their greatest fear was to switch role with their wives.
not sure about switching or having to do all the stuff: work, house and children. Because all women here are shown doing nothing or having tea. Maybe they really thought women are unable to have a job, which is even worse. Womens were inferior human beings for them.
Well, since men didn't do very much of all the stuff back then: it is switching. One time, she does all the work, the other time HE does it.
Most of these boil down to "we're afraid of being treated the same way we treat women!"
That's what I was thinking. So the biggest thing men were scared of was having to contribute to the household in a form other than money, letting their wives have a break every once in a while and the fact that they may actually have to be responsible for their children in a way other than as the disciplinarian. And it's nice to see men that accept that it's ok for the wife to work while the husband stays home with the kids. Nobody is solely responsible for running a home. It should always be a joint effort.
There is the saying 'people would rather die than change their habit' - the rule applies to privileged men here. They were used to hear 'yes' at all times cuz women were made to say it at all times. When they eventually said 'no' the old habit of all men could not cope AT ALL. But boohooo. They have to
Yes! This!!!
Exactly
And an amen as well.
Yep. "Don't give women the right to vote unless you want to be the servant stuck at home with the children while your wife becomes your breadwinner!" Definite overreacting in my opinion.
all this BS you women are spewing, then let's see the women working for money and the men take care the kids, then all of us will see if it's still called fair and equal.
Wow. This only proves that women were right to fight for their right.
And the truly sad thing is, we're still fighting for equal rights. Autonomy over our own bodies, the right to be able to say 'no' without facing violence or murder.
@Full Name, The question autonomy over our body is not only about sexual harassment (or worse). Men are making laws about what women can and cannot do. There are places today where, when a woman is pregnant and she is facing serious risk of death to deliver the baby, she cannot get an abortion because "life is so precious!" There are states in the US that are fighting very, very hard right now to pull back the rights of bodily autonomy for women.
Full Name, if a man touches me and I don't want it and I complain, I am a hysterical bitch who cannot take a compliment. Nobody gives a shit even if that man would rape me. There would be hordes of guys like you even defending this man and putting me down. So get a reality check now and then.
Ana J, I cannot even choose the contraception I want because doctors deny them to me for no medical reason. How is this autonomy over my body?
@Ana J There are many states in the US changing laws to continue to take away a woman's right to choose. It affects mostly lower income individuals and the young who can't afford to travel to other states.....
Equality in salaries
Autonomy over our own bodies is code for let me kill babies in the womb. You are sick.
Rights to your own bodies? You literally have that by law and have for years. If a man touches you and you don't want it, he can go to jail. You are not allowed to be bought nor sold.
Interesting! So basically their greatest fear was to switch role with their wives.
not sure about switching or having to do all the stuff: work, house and children. Because all women here are shown doing nothing or having tea. Maybe they really thought women are unable to have a job, which is even worse. Womens were inferior human beings for them.
Well, since men didn't do very much of all the stuff back then: it is switching. One time, she does all the work, the other time HE does it.