Judge, 1920-03-13 · page 17 of 36
Judge — March 13, 1920 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This story critiques the era's sexual double standard. A man (Jimmie) dances with Miss Burns, then later with Mary, treating them differently based on their reputations. When Miss Burns pulls away after he tries to kiss her, she confronts him: men can pursue multiple women without consequence, but women face social ruin for the same behavior. Jimmie recognizes the injustice—he wants a "clean" wife but hasn't lived cleanly himself. He decides to apologize to Mary and reform, acknowledging the hypocrisy is "all wrong." The accompanying cartoons mock related absurdities: a wealthy man's "philanthropy" of sending his son to college (implying the son is a burden), and a woman in "leap year party" attire (when tradition allowed women to propose), joking about matrimonial desperation. The satire targets masculine privilege and the Victorian sexual morality that punished women far more severely than men.
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