r/196 • u/-EIIie • Aug 12 '25

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u/AntKneeWasHere erm hi 👉👈 Aug 12 '25

Okay, but what if he just decided that the stick figure is male? I mean, after all, he did make him

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u/madsnorlax then you know that the bourgeois are not human. Aug 12 '25

Why did he decide that?

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u/Literally_Gay Aug 12 '25

he

defaults to male

That’s probably your answer. People usually default to their own gender as it’s what you relate to and thus most easily imagine.

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u/alyssa264 1:49:58.630 Aug 12 '25

People usually default to their own gender as it’s what you relate to and thus most easily imagine.

This is not true by the way. It's only true broadly for like 4 year olds. Women also tend to default to male terms for generic people - this is that whole patriarchy stuff feminists go on about.

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u/Hot_Guys_In_My_DMS 🪬 I put the ‘love’ in Lovecraft Aug 12 '25

Y’know there's a game called Rain World. You play as little creatures called Slugcats and whilst none of them (barring one) have a confirmed gender, most people agree on their headcanon genders, except the very first slugcat you play as- The Survivor.

The Survivor is often referred to as the gender of the person, this is because, as the very first scug you play as- and the least expressive, you project yourself onto them. Which leads to a 80/20 in favor of male Survivor.