As early as 1900, Laxin (from the Latin laxare, “to loosen”) was considered a kind of miracle cure for digestive problems. In 1926, Duwdiwani scoffed at the fact that Laxin was treated almost as confectionery. Women were supposed to maintain a slim figure and meet other social expectations. The cartoonist alludes to Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), who in 1921 attacked those critical of changes in the position of women in society, writing in the Weltbühne that those “with such criticisms take Laxin for their own constipation.”