The meme that marriage is a trap for the unwary bachelor has a deep history. Grose’s 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue includes “the parson’s mousetrap” as a synonym for marriage. This Wallace Wood cartoon from Screw magazine is a more visceral take on the same notion:

cartoon of a naked bride on the pan of a vicious metal leghold trap that is decorated like a wedding ring

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