Thanks for the revealing piece. And to think this was acceptable, incredible still. And in the FWIW dept please see the cartoon: ‘political cartoon by Bernard Partiddgem, Punch magazine’. Look at the rocky backdrop behind the cowering anti s guy. You can find at least four images of downtrodden women!
If it wasn’t such a serious story it might bring a smile. I think it was more sinister in fact. They used to ‘hide’ stuff in like that for whatever sneaky purpose the artist intended. Mystery remains what was it the artist wanted to stress. Or, am I ‘over seeing’ the art work?