Judge — July 27, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical cartoon titled "The Worm Turned," depicting a debate about women's roles and equality. The dialogue—rendered in stereotypical dialect—shows two figures arguing about whether women are "secondary" to men or exist primarily to "support" men. The satire mocks anti-feminist arguments of the era by exaggerating the absurdity of men's claims to superiority. The "worm turned" title suggests women are pushing back against traditional subordination. The condescending tone and dialect caricature suggest Judge is ridiculing these defensive male perspectives as outdated and foolish. This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century women's suffrage debates, when women increasingly challenged their legal and social subordination. The cartoon appears to support women's equality by portraying anti-feminist arguments as laughably backwards.