As a feminist, I am highly offended by pic #2. Not funny. At risk of sounding like a racist(which I'm definitely NOT), I'll keep the rest of my thoughts to myself.
*sigh*... women all over the world are constantly mistreated and killed because their culture allows them to practically be slaves to men. If you've ever worked with a survivor of such abuse, you would see things differently.
Yes I realize that, but for some reason, I think these particular pics were not forms of abuse, just funny situations that happened to be caught on film...sorry, I will try to be more open-minded next time
I found these very funny as a juxtaposition of images taken out of context.
We obviously don't really know what's going on. In # 3, it's pretty clear that (as Stormrider says) the guy is giving the women a ride in the cart, which is probably pretty nice of him. #2 looks less than chivalrous, but it could have a harmless explanation. Perhaps he just carried the bundle a couple of miles and she's giving him a break so he can smoke a cigarette without risking setting the hay on fire, for example.
Oh My !!! Didn't mean to stir up anything. I see it as something being staged. The thought never entered my mind as something real. I would hate to think these are real. I was forwarded this from a customer and I then forwarded to friends, family, etc....They all responded with laughter and suggested that I share it on the forum. Didn't mean to step on any toes.
That's alright Denise, I too thought that they were staged and humerous. Actually they look like they were manipulated by someone using a photoshop type application. In the second photo the shadows don't look right, and their feet are not touching the ground to my eye. Anyway no hard feelings.