Judge — July 28, 1923 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, July 28, 1923 This cartoon satirizes the dating practices of the 1920s "flapper" era. The caption "Yes, We Have No Dates" is a play on the popular 1923 song "Yes, We Have No Bananas." The illustration shows a woman in a bathing suit appearing to proposition a well-dressed man carrying golf clubs. The satire targets the new social freedom of 1920s women—particularly their increased independence in dating and courtship rituals. The man's bemused, somewhat scandalized expression suggests surprise at the woman's boldness in directly soliciting a date. The golf clubs likely indicate leisure, wealth, and the casual social scene. The humor derives from role-reversal: traditionally men pursued women; here a woman actively pursues a man, reflecting anxieties about changing gender dynamics during the Jazz Age.