Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, January 1921 · page 30 of 68
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This page satirizes men's resistance to women's suffrage by ironically presenting biblical passages used to justify male superiority. The article mocks "poor, down-trodden he-men" dragged to church by their wives, then quotes Scripture—some authentic, some apparently exaggerated or distorted—to argue women's subordination. The satire's target is clear: men citing religious authority to oppose women's voting rights. The final passage, describing taking captive women as wives and forcing them to shave their heads, appears deliberately absurd—likely fabricated or extremely archaic—to expose how ridiculous these "biblical arguments" become when scrutinized. Published during the women's suffrage movement (likely pre-1920), the piece mocks masculine anxiety about female equality while implying such religious justifications deserve ridicule rather than acceptance.
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28 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang For Men Only Some of us poor, down-trodden he-men, and farmers, chuckle with glee when our sturdy wives drag us to church on Sunday to listen to such passages of Scripture regarding the weaker (?) sex as follow. In view of granting the ladies equal rights at the ballot, these few lines appear to be particularly timely, so follow closely, boys, and chuckle again: "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection; suffer not woman to think or usurp authority over man, for Adam was formed first, not Eve. "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For the man is not of the woman but woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church. "When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord Thy God hast delivered into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, and hast seen among the captives a beautiful woman and hast a desire unto her that thou wouldst have her for thy wife, then thou shalt bring her home to thy house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails."