In any form of literature, always consider who is doing the writing and drawing. Bias and cultural will be a part of the work. Not a good or bad thing but it can impact how culture is transmitted.
The majority of the romance writers and artists of romance comics were middle aged men. Men who were married and or had children.
Don't get me wrong, a married guy can write about romance. They have for centuries.
But if the dominant culture tells those men that even after the reality of women working full blast during war time, the culture and advertisers said the only thing that she is truly capable of is to be in the home birthing babes and cooking dinner.
That left a lot of women who wanted something different out of the picture. They never saw her.
And the message in this particular comic from the daddy is "your are going to get married but do not marry a poor man."
So you have class stratification as well.
There is an excellent website/blog called Sequential Crush. Lots of good stuff about romance comics and the people that created them.
This just my two cents about it.
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