Life, 1927-08-18 · page 13 of 36
Life — August 18, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents a humorous dialogue between a man and woman debating whether girls who pet (engage in physical intimacy) are foolish. The man argues it's a "low trick" to judge girls by their willingness; the woman counters that men who love women yet criticize them for the same behavior are hypocrites. The cartoon satirizes gender double standards of the era—specifically the sexual hypocrisy where men expected restraint from women while facing no equivalent judgment themselves. The dialogue format allows both perspectives, though the woman's final point about male inconsistency appears to win the argument. The "Detouring America" cartoon below appears unrelated—a separate illustration about travel.
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