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Ahhhhg, THAT Steve Bell cartoon

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ethelb · 28/01/2017 17:55

I don't know if there has been a thread about this and the pure misogyny in it: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2017/jan/26/steve-bell-uk-us-theresa-may-donald-trump-cartoon

Yes there was homophobic satire around Blair and Bush (and Trump and Putin) but all of those implied a degree of consent to the situation.

Theresa May is not the first and won't be the last PM to have her dealings with US foreign policy criticised. And with good reason.

But for some reason, this particular Prime Minister gets anal rape jokes 6 months into her premiership? And my Facebook is full of the menz who think it is all totes hilare, and are mortally wounded if anyone suggests it is misogynistic.

A week after the women's march people. A fucking week!

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QueenOfTheSardines · 28/01/2017 18:45

So the cartoon is just the feet?

I thought I saw something on Facebook the other day and it had whole bodies but I scrolled past. I mean, it can't just be the feet :/ Is there another one / have they cropped all the images?

MephistophelesApprentice · 28/01/2017 18:43

That cartoon made me very uncomfortable. I think it was over the line.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 28/01/2017 18:39

The feet are in the position they would be in if they were having sex; probably anal sex.

QueenOfTheSardines · 28/01/2017 18:34

All I can see is some feet?

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 28/01/2017 18:33

I am sure there were similar cartoons of Bush/Blair.

The cartoon is utterly vile. I don't think you can say it depicts a rape but it is still utterly vile. As are all the Guardian lefty comments who can't see past the fact it is ridiculing and demeaning a Conservative PM ; so that's all right then.

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ethelb · 28/01/2017 18:25

But that doesn't happen does it ItCouldBeWorse. The satire of male leaders involves images of them consensually snogging. It is potentially homophobic to laugh at the implication they are 'gay' but that is it.

This involves an image of a woman being raped. It is a whole other level that just doesn't happen to men.

The equivalent would be an image of Nigel Farage being forced to give Trump a blowjob. But that hasn't happened yet. And won't. So this cartoon is misogynistic.

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LassWiTheDelicateAir · 28/01/2017 18:18

It would be a variant but that cartoon is vile. Theresa May has had one meeting. So far all she has said or done was make polite noises which is all she should be doing at this stage.

ITCouldBeWorse · 28/01/2017 17:59

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