Judge — November 27, 1920 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Cartoon This cartoon by Eliot Kees depicts two well-dressed men in conversation at a doorway, with a third figure visible in the background. The caption presents a dialogue about women's changing social roles. The man on the left expresses satisfaction with contemporary women's freedoms—voting, smoking, going anywhere, wearing whatever clothes they choose. His companion appears skeptical or disapproving of these developments. **The satire targets**: Conservative male resistance to women's liberation and changing social norms, likely from the 1920s-1930s era (post-suffrage). The cartoon mocks the older generation's inability to accept women's newly won independence and equality. The joke hinges on the contrast between progressive acceptance and reactionary resistance to women's emancipation.