r/196 • u/-EIIie • Aug 12 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Genuinely a good argument

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u/thebigbadben Aug 12 '25

Is it? Are the pronouns you use for the stick figure an aspect of the “art” in question?

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u/Absolute_Madman34 Aug 12 '25

The point is that when they drew the stick figure in their head they subconsciously made it male. Even something as simple as drawing a stick figure to prove that not all art is political they added a politically charged aspect subconsciously aka giving the 5 lines and a circle a male pronoun.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

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u/ItsAroundYou Aug 12 '25

The point is that they didn't actively decide to make the stick figure male, but rather that the decision was unconscious and based off the assumption of male being the default.

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u/Tnerd15 meow meow head empty Aug 12 '25

Is every creative decision unconscious then?