A Playboy cartoon from 1972 pokes fun at the women's rights movement and offers a more promiscuous alternative. Rowland B. Wilson's original art was sold this week at Heritage Auctions.
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| "Don't count on me for the revolution, girls—I've decided to work for change within the system." Rowland B. Wilson Original art Playboy, February 1972 |
Playboy and Wilson walk a fine line here since a liberated woman may be liberated sexually as well. Two of the signs are anti-male, to make the liberated women less sympathetic. One woman holds a paintbrush in her teeth, hardly an attractive pose. All the women protesters wear muted colors. But the bombshell walking in through the door is a stereotype herself, dating a wealthy older man who drives about town in a chauffeured limousine. Playboy, of course, takes the side of the overtly sexualized woman, but how much can its young male readers profit from this laugh?
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| "Don't count on me for the revolution, girls—I've decided to work for change within the system." Rowland B. Wilson Original art Playboy, February 1972 |
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| Rowland B. Wilson Heritage Auctions listing ended June 25, 2025 |
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| "Don't count on me for the revolution, girls—I've decided to work for change within the system." Rowland B. Wilson Playboy, February 1972 |
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| "Don't count on me for the revolution, girls—I've decided to work for change within the system." Rowland B. Wilson Original art Playboy, February 1972 |
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