In the middle of the last century, a number of postcard publishers decided to take arms against a major injustice. They, and their staff cartoonists, did their very best to draw the attention of the American public to thus social evil, hoping to provoke action on behalf of an overworked and underappreciated stalwart of American labor, suffering difficulties around the country due to the unfair demands of society.
In some places, these oppressed souls could not even be mentioned by name, but postcards could find their way everywhere and plead their case. It should be obvious that we are addressing the twentieth century postcard’s attention to the ass.
The situation causing concern was most often associated with the West, as an area where the ass was put to a great deal of work on long hot days.
But the cartoonists did not fail to mention that asses did not get a workout in places like Atlantic City, and other resort towns nearer to the east coast.
World War II brought new chores for the busy ass. Men whose asses were in danger at all times raised their voices to express their discomfort with this arrangement.
However, it is more often women whose asses were the focus of attention. This may be because women were perceived as being more sensitive about their asses. I am in possession of no statistics or studies on the matter, though, and it may simply be that women were seen by postcard cartoonists as putting their asses through rougher assignments.
As a third possibility, it could be that their asses were considered more delicate. Certainly, we see more postcards dealing with women dragging their asses from place to place (though for some reason, when the subject turns to asses being dragged from state to state, the dragger is more often a cowboy. I thought about checking the Interwebs for information about the states of cowboys’ asses, but my algorithms are so confused now, I didn’t like to add a lot of research to the mix.)
After all, the AI has given up on me already. You should see some of the sites it showed me when I asked about women dragging their asses. I hope you would be as amazed as I was about the number of websites dedicated to female dragons.
In any case, our benevolent postcard cartoonists sought to cast light on the trials and tribulations of a noble animal, suggesting that, whether a man or woman was involved, an ass could expect little more than slaps, spanks, and kicks in return for all that work.
Only the always pioneering Curt Teich Company came out with an explicit ass postcard, making its position on asses clear. And I hope that I have helped convey this clarity into the new century.
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