Probably not, but whatever. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Context is always key. If you have to do “research” to find out who’s behind an ad in order to prescribe some “other meaning” to what they’re doing, chances are it’s a case of straining at gnats and swallowing camels, but whatever. Be offended if you like. I’ll see it for what it is — a historical reference. Nothing more, nothing less.
“I’ll see it for what it is — a historical reference.”
Uh-huh, and all the women cutting their hair is a contextual historical reference for adultery. Meaning those women were all portraying whores. Depilation was a common punishment for adulteresses in colonial America.