Introduction

What do the two caricatures in this juxtaposition tell us about women seen in public, women who want to vote or to exercise their own judgment, and the power structures within which men and women related to each other in the 19th century?

Look at the third image in this juxtaposition. What do you see? How does the composition of the image reflect a power structure of seeing and being seen? What story does it tell about the relationship between men and women? What period in time does this photograph seem to represent? Do you imagine that it was common during that period for women to draw from nude male models? How can the caricatures in this juxtaposition help you to answer that question? What conclusions might the artist who created this image wish you to draw from it?