Think being a suffragette and “on the right side of history” was a cake-walk? Nope. They encountered fierce resistance.

You will see the trope of spinster to this day regarding modern feminists.

Haha: Women who fight for rights are ugly!

Good one! *Leonardo DiCaprio cheers*

Cucks, 1909, colorized

So that one day, all men and women could have equal rights? Yes, in fact, you did.

imagine--

Putting on pants — the horror!

this suddenly feels like i'd find this on boomer facebook or somewhere

Ice cream & pretzels? Sign me up!

I guess this was a dig at the association between suffragettes and prohibition. That association existed, but ironically, the 18th Amendment was ratified 1.5 years before the 19th.

Ironically, this implies that getting hitched deprives men of *their* right to vote.

Following this logic: giving women the right to vote is actually helpful for men’s rights!

Tl;dr: They wanna dunk suffragettes in cold water. O-Kay.

You’ll see this “cuck” stuff to counter feminism to this very day. I dunno man: just sounds like you need to put down the dishes and walk to the polls. No one’s stopping ya.

*Laundry, rather. That’s a washboard. Poor folks that didn’t have washing machines.

Or maybe washing machines weren't invented yet? Lol. These ads are hilarious.

Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure they weren’t invented yet.

Indeed: These ads come across as “funny,” even today. I’m sure anti-suffragettes thought they were a scream at the time. But it was ridicule in the service of a terrible cause. That’s how propaganda becomes brutally effective. You either join in, or... “What? You missed the joke? Whoosh!”

That’s why I’m not all that impressed with the defense of certain political memes on this site: “it was just a joke!!”

If it’s a “joke” about someone’s identity, particularly at the expense of groups in society who are lacking rights and social standing due to our own failure to properly govern, then I’m not laughing.

If it’s good-natured humor, or “punching up” at the President or other elected officials, then I might.

This goes equally for jokes at the expense of Trump supporters: I’m not a big fan of left-wing memes that portray them as rednecks missing teeth, etc.

Kind of hard to interpret this one.

The linked article explains this image was a satire on how “tough” it was in jail for imprisoned socialite suffragettes.

You’ll of course be surprised to learn, actual prisoners reported jail was not like this.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52207/12-cruel-anti-suffragette-cartoons

Soapbox, darning men but not socks, etc etc.

This one is actually kind of funny and might be the least “cruel” of the batch.

Still dumb nonsense that landed way on the wrong side of history.

Depicting a suffragette doing a traditional male activity.

Hard to interpret this one, but the linked article explains apparently the man underneath is getting sexually aroused.

Hard to imagine these days that a man would be turned on by a fully-clothed leg belonging to a horse driver of either gender.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52207/12-cruel-anti-suffragette-cartoons

Contrasting a “graceful,” anti-suffragette ideal lady in the forefront, with a frenzied-looking suffragette in the background.

Any woman self-hating and craven enough to hold up a sign denying her own right to vote is not worthy of my consideration.