Contest Entry - 1912 Woman's Suffrage Ad

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

The ultimate in sexist ads. Yes or No?

Comments

[anandimide.livejournal.com]

I love how they think that voters are so stupid that they need an illustration of how to check "no." I find it hard to believe that this ad did them any good...

[custardpringle.livejournal.com]

They have to explain what a cross is and everything, apparently.

Yes

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

I need to lie down now. My head hurts from trying to comprehend which box to check.

Re: Yes

[anandimide.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor dear... I'm sure there's a pill you can take for that.

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_annka_/]

yes...

[inkdot.livejournal.com]

I think we have a winner!

YES

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's quite a find!

YES

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

I like how the logic of this makes no sense. If it's "doubling the irresponsible vote", that means the current male voters... are already voting irresponsibly. How are women going to make things any worse?

Re: YES

[mental-picture.livejournal.com]

That caught my eye, too.

Re: YES

[kimerastorm.livejournal.com]

Hmmm its doubling the irresponsible vote?

It must be doubling the responsible vote as well.

Re: YES

[laplor.livejournal.com]

That was actually an argument that was seriously tried - that women's votes were redundant because we would all just vote the same as our fathers or husbands anyway. I guess they wanted to avoid the expense of printing twice as many ballots?

I'm pretty sure the real fear was that women would vote in ways that were harder to predict, and that might favour issues relevant to women and children and families rather than wealthy men and businesses.

Re: YES

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

Well those darker skinned people were allowed to vote. The ad was probably equating the women with the Black vote, i.e. people who really couldn't understand the complexity of voting and might vote for politicians who wouldn't support the status quo. After all, what "good" woman would want to vote?

Re: YES

[anterrabre.livejournal.com]

exactly. :(

YES

[custardpringle.livejournal.com]

DDDDDDDD:

YES

[medren.livejournal.com]

Horrible...and perfect for the 4th too!

[bougieman.livejournal.com]

DANGER!!! BITCHES ON THE LOOSE

[glowkitty]

I think this needs to be made into a t-shirt. I would wear it.

Oh yes!

[whoseline_wlsc]

I think this one takes the cake. They don't think women can make good decisions? haha

Yes

[wheelerwoolsey.livejournal.com]

The "irresponsible" vote. Wow.

YES

[funkybrewsta]

I like how the voters needed text and picture instructions both.

Yes!

[laplor.livejournal.com]

Totally!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant.

[teal-cuttlefish.livejournal.com]

Yes. Definitely.

YES

[bistyboo1974.livejournal.com]

Until I saw this, it was a tough decision. Now, it's no contest: YES

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I would like to vote for this (ha! oh the irony) and also thank the women and men all over the world who gave their time, effort, sometimes their health and lives to make it possible for women to vote in most elections today.

Thank you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suffragists_and_suffragettes).

YES

[damsel-ophelia.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dPF0SGh_PQ

DEAR GOD YES

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Day-um.

YES!

[arcane-nitehawk.livejournal.com]

No more calls please we have our winner. But feel free to duke it out for second place.

[misstia]

yes

[sp23.livejournal.com]

That's right. Adding women to all them colored and Irish votes and YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE!

In other words, YES!

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

YES!

[crossfire.livejournal.com]

Good lord. Where did you find this beast?

[christhawk.livejournal.com]

YES

YES

[paularubia.livejournal.com]

Despite how I sometimes feel, we HAVE come a long way.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

yesssss

[cory-nickolatos.livejournal.com]

It's the Fox News of the early 20th century.

YES

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

"Take it from me, Miss McClung. Nice women don't want the vote!"

YES

[morwen_peredhil]

Yes, indeed.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

If you'll notice, the poster has a union bug on it.

[bradygirl_12]

Actually, this ad was kind of mild when you consider the ridiculous, infuriating arguments used against women and the vote. The suffragette movement started way back in the 1840s, and it took until 1920 for women to get the vote in the States!

Kind of reads like some of today's political ads against gay marriage and such.

YES

[thehappycat.livejournal.com]

Because we all know men are the responsible voters, right?

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes.

YES

[tvini.livejournal.com]

Clearly this is the one to beat.

Suffin' Until Suffrage.

[tvini.livejournal.com]

If you are an American of a certain age, you may remember this little beauty:

YES

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

There are far too many people who are only happy when they can oppress someone else in order to feel less powerless about their own lives. Black rights, women's rights, gay rights - it's all about keeping someone to feel superior to. Evolve, already. Are you human? You're equal.

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[princessepj.livejournal.com]

Win. LOSE.....but win.

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

This one.