Barbara Shermund: Not Exactly a Gift

Do Barbara Shermund's Esquire cartoons depict attractive young ladies as sex objects in order to entertain male readers, or are they, rather, women who use their sexuality for self-empowerment? Could both ring true, possibly? Case in point is a cartoon from January of 1941.

"Well not exactly a gift—it was more of a trade[.]"
Barbara Shermund
Esquire, January 1941, page 45

Image updated February 21, 2022

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