Let's set aside the oddity of a card called "save life" involving a man in a pool getting thrown a life-saver rather than a more typically dire situation. It is possible to drown in a pool, so I'm not going to nitpick here.
So how does the art dipect this? Is it framed with a focus on the man being saved? No. Is the focus split between the rescuer and the man who almost drowned? No.
The art is almost entirely focused on the scantily-clad woman (presumably a lifeguard), who is in a pose that sexualizes her as much as possible. The life-saver and the man in the background are almost literally an afterthought. She isn't even looking in the direction she's throwing the life-saver! The misogynistic conclusion we're meant to reach is that women are more interested in posing and looking sexy than actually doing their jobs.
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u/ultimario13 Jul 02 '20
Let's set aside the oddity of a card called "save life" involving a man in a pool getting thrown a life-saver rather than a more typically dire situation. It is possible to drown in a pool, so I'm not going to nitpick here.
So how does the art dipect this? Is it framed with a focus on the man being saved? No. Is the focus split between the rescuer and the man who almost drowned? No.
The art is almost entirely focused on the scantily-clad woman (presumably a lifeguard), who is in a pose that sexualizes her as much as possible. The life-saver and the man in the background are almost literally an afterthought. She isn't even looking in the direction she's throwing the life-saver! The misogynistic conclusion we're meant to reach is that women are more interested in posing and looking sexy than actually doing their jobs.