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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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Sandy Gilliland 6 years ago
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!
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Andrew Park 6 years ago
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.
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Bettye McKee 6 years ago
These were purposefully exaggerated by men to spread the fear that they were losing control of their women.
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Tifferooski 6 years ago
God forbid you take care of your own child. Makes my husband look like a saint.
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Karen Klinck 6 years ago
You were either a mother or a whore. There was no other recognized position.
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Andrew Park 6 years ago
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.
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Louise Brigance 6 years ago
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!
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Chris DiFonso 6 years ago
What is especially horrible is that the men, who were repressing women, portrayed themselves as the victims!
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Karen Klinck 6 years ago
Yeah, that damn thing chased her, caught her, and suddenly has to be responsible!
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Jodie Johnson 6 years ago
Miles and Chris expressing the same sentiments as the posters, the fear of women with power. They want to roll back progress to the "good old days" so they can control women again.
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Country Nana 6 years ago
There was a similar cartoon of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, about 150 years earlier, because she, her sister and friends went out campaigning for men running for Parliament.
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Zaerhin Sk 6 years ago
I hate how they make the woman look ugly in some of them, just to make a fool of them for wanting equal rights with the men
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earringnut 6 years ago
I'm, men did that too. "Vote early and vote often." Used to to be Chicago's unofficial motto.
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Sammiche 6 years ago
Most of these boil down to "we're afraid of being treated the same way we treat women!"
Carol Emory 6 years ago
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.
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Bunzilla 6 years ago
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.
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Lila Launehase 6 years ago
Interesting! So basically their greatest fear was to switch role with their wives.
respulero 6 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Sammiche 6 years ago
Most of these boil down to "we're afraid of being treated the same way we treat women!"
Carol Emory 6 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Bunzilla 6 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Lila Launehase 6 years ago
Interesting! So basically their greatest fear was to switch role with their wives.
respulero 6 years ago
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.
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