Goya’s print warns men away from women sex workers. In this satirical image, a young female bird in the tree lures the male birds, who will fall prey to the hands of the ugly madame and her girls below. An earlier client is already being plucked and gutted. The prominent dark circles on the women’s faces refer to the practice of using false beauty marks to treat and hide sores caused by diseases, especially syphilis. Commenting on this image, the artist expressed the unavoidable dangers of these women: “And to think those about to fall won’t take warning from those already fallen. But there is no remedy: all will fall.”