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The other day I came across this advertisement in my Dora’s copy of Whiz Bang magazine. Frankly, I must say I was appalled! This campaign for Palmolive complexion soap is irresponsible, downright dangerous and tantamount to treason.
The subtext of the advertisement is obvious to all that view it: Women, rise up against your male masters! Beat them back with your weapon of choice - be it golf club, Egyptian pottery or blunderbuss! Force them into a life of manual labor and sexual subserviency!
Notice the illustration of the woman - red-eyed, frothing at the mouth, raising her weapon like the Hindu warrior-goddess Durga. This was, no doubt, the work of some frigid suffragette intent on burning down the United States Capitol and erecting some sort of pagan monument to Susan B. Anthony - the first bastion of a cruel-headed and ruthless matriarchal republic whose rule will last a thousand years.
Well, whoever you are, dear lady, I will be writing a very heated letter to Whiz Bang magazine!
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