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This cartoon refers to a city council proposal to make Makokoba township into a historical site. It shows a caricature of a woman with particularly her bust and thighs emphasised.

• show subtle stereotypes in cartoons
• show how women are portrayed in cartoons
• show instances where women’s physical attributes are emphasised more than their brains and capabilities
• show instances where women are portrayed in inferior positions and as if their main role is to please and entertain men.

• Discuss the message being communicated by the cartoon.
•  Discuss how women are portrayed in the cartoon?
• Why are women’s physical attributes emphasised in the media?
•  Why is the woman in the cartoon associated with shebeens?
• Discuss how cartons can be used to show gender balance.
• If positions were to be changed and if a picture of a man was used in place of the woman, would the cartoon have the same meaning and impact?

• Ask participants to identify other cartoons that emphasise women’s physical attributes and discuss why this is so?
• Ask participants to design gender sensitive cartoons.

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