It's not meant to be funny, it's reversed to show how terrible the standard was back at the time (and honestly STILL is in many cases).

Neither is funny and no one should resort to violence but men do have a physical advantage over women (in that sense) and since they are stronger, it is particularly disgusting and bully-like to abuse someone weaker than yourself. But of course, hiding under the guise of 'female frailty' and the like to hit a man expecting to get away with it, is completely censurable too.

It’s not funny, that’s the point. When it’s women who are depicted as inferior, people laugh it off, thinking, oh that’s how it was in the old days. When you reverse the gender, it highlights exactly how insulting and demeaning it actually was. If this was based on racial stereotypes, it would be illegal.

It's not supposed to be funny. It's satire. It's meant to portray how ridiculous standards were in those days.

I think that's the point. Shock people into realising that it's not okay.

the point. the point. are you seeing it? that it's just plain old FKED up? it's not about making it "okay" for women to do, it's abut shoving it into mens' faces that they MADE the original ads. MEN fked up.

no, it is just wired to see a man in that role, because society normalized it for Hutterites of years, some people don't see the problem unless it is switch. aka I have a problem with both, but one is real and the other is a social commentary.

Omg chill out

Not supposed to be funny or OK. & Of course BOTH would be wrong. But the point is that ONLY the picture on the left was an ACTUAL REAL advertisement used to sell products to people. While the one on the right is merely a satire showing how wrong & ridiculous & sexist the advertisements back then WERE! See the difference now?

Another clueless one who just doesn't get it.

You didn´t get the idea of this work.

I'm one of those 'people' and I don't find it funny either way.

I think it's not about that. You cannot imagine what it's like to see all those pictures your entire life. They might seem subtle to some, but put certain images in your head. And some images they exclude by never showing women in a strong position. So many girls grow up or grew up in a world which told them it's impossible for them to be strong, telling them to please men by being pretty, smiling, gainig their worthyness by bein useful or sexy. While also creating this image that men can only be real men when they're dominating and discriminating. Seeing those pictures to me is not about putting men in a weak role. It's about seeing strong women too after so many decades. And I guess to some men it's also a liberation from those toxic images. Men don't have to be dominant to be real men. Some men for example love to cook, their wife's don't. So what? Do they have to give up the kitchen due to such old roles? Why not let everybody take the role they want?

Um. Noone worth your time would find it funny either way. I can t even imagine expecting a partner to be subservient or 1 sex to be seen as worthy of demeaning anything.

No, not all people are ok with it at all.

The look on the people's face being spanked on both ads are humorous as heck.

Yeah, I'm sure it insults you every bit as much as it insulted me.

Because it points out the ridiculous aspects of either situation it is funny.

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That's because it IS funny.

I don't mind spanking a man. Just saying.

Right on, I bet a lot of women (and maybe some men..) can agree with that!

I'm glad you spoke out to your family. You were a strong girl.

A lot of them do. I know.

How is it "transphobic"?

Should be "fresHer"

Neither is supposed to be funny. Of course both would be wrong. But the point is that picture on the left was an ACTUAL REAL advertisement used to sell products to people. The one on the right is merely satire showing how wrong & ridiculous & sexist the advertisements back then WERE!

They're here and they're whining.

That doesn't mean it was okay. Anything to keep an adult woman on the level of child. ( Not that children should be abused either.)

Why? Women are as competent as men at whatever they want to do. And we don't have to make ourselves ugly to do it. Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did....backwards and in high heels.