Judge — June 20, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two related satirical cartoons about hypocrisy regarding modesty and nudity. The top cartoon shows a painter with a female model posing nude—except she insists on wearing a necklace. The painter dismisses her as prudish ("The prude!"), mocking her selective modesty. The bottom cartoon reverses this: a woman prepares to pose nude but asks a male artist to remove his wristwatch. The irony is deliberate—just as the female model's necklace seemed absurdly modest while nude, the man's wristwatch appears similarly incongruous. The satire critiques double standards and the arbitrary nature of "decency." Both cartoons suggest that modesty concerns ring hollow when selective; the accompanying jewelry or accessories highlight the contradiction inherent in partial modesty during full nudity.