Uncanny Stories vol. 1, no. 1 (April 1941)
He looks terrified and determined, but she’s just mildly concerned. Excuse me Steve, would you mind awfully rescuing me from the flying octopus creature?
Learn to be assertive in the workplace without coming across as aggressive, young women. Or, you know, overthrow the patriarchy.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/UncannyStoriesV01N01194104
This is a really good copy of the magazine.
He’s fighting against the inevitably of being groped and probed while she is resigned…because patriarchy.
@SFFMagazineCovers Sadly, this remains a problem in contemporary illustration. For every one illustration of female faces making "unpretty" expressions, you'll find a hundred straining, wincing, shouting, grimacing dudes.
@SFFMagazineCovers i think she's telling him, 'calm down, washing your hands will make it go away'
@SFFMagazineCovers "I told you to fasten your seat tentacle, Steve."
Great cover AND message.
(Loved discovering tonnes of these in the Internet Archive.)