A Review of Some Anti-Suffragette Postcards from the Early 1900s

First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife

If you go down the wrong path online, you might find a community that rails against women who seek better treatment in society. This might be new to you, but if you were alive in the early 1900s, you would have seen this kind of sentiment all the time in the form of anti-suffragette propganda.

caterpillars and suffragettes have something in common. Clear lifecycles. For, you see, the sweet girl does not start out as women who will do anything for the vote. In fact, young suffragettes look like any other girl. But once they hit 40 and fail to get their man, they become bitter and radicalized. By 50 it’s too late and they are hatchet-carrying members of the suffrage movement. So decide. Do you want a hatchet and the vote, or do you want a husband? You can’t have it all.

Really the only thing those vote-seeking women understand is violence. Dunking chairs, stocks, cages, locks on mouths, anything to keep her from wagging her stupid womanly lips about things she doesn’t understand.

Now look at this woman, shrieking at the sight of mere mouse. If she can’t handle vermin like that, she’ll never be able to handle complicated issues like taxation. Why would you, dear girl, subject yourself to the same. Get on that chair and let the men protect you.

Everyone knows suffragettes are loose women, only wanting to be free of morality so they can do things best not mentioned in polite company. Take a look at this woman (who should be knitting!) who is blatantly kissing a man in exchange for votes. Seriously, how can men resist the sweet lips of a woman? How dare women muddy politics with their irresistible allure?

That’s right Sally. If you can’t even play with a baby doll then put on those pants and begin your life as a loathed, self-hating suffragette. And yes, that dog is judging you too. He’s man’s best friend. Not yours.

In this political cartoon, the British prime minister at the time is the chained to the same rock as the ancient Greek princess, about to be swallowed by the sea monster, personified by the women’s suffrage movement. Notice how her breasts are exposed in a seductive manner. The slut! But the day will be saved, for here comes the hero, the anti-suffrage movement, who can vanquish those loose, monsterous feminists.

You want to see the reality where women get the vote? Look no further than this postcard where a man is forced to inhabit the domestic sphere. Why should brave white men, who’d enjoyed the benefits of having their wives be virtually second class citizens, be forced to suffer? Before you know it she’ll be telling them what to clean and how to vote. That is if she lets him vote at all. Can you imagine not being able to vote?

In fact why even marry a suffragette? It’s better to remain single and remain a respectful man in the eyes of your peers. Unlike the stupid cucks in this postcard, am I right?

Out of all the things that the suffragettes will steal, this one hurts the most. They’ll not only take your employment, politics, and your masculinity; they’ll corrupt your sweethearts their little dogs too. That’s man’s best friend! Those fiends…