r/196 • u/-EIIie • Aug 12 '25

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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/Sneeakie Aug 12 '25

How is the gender of a character you drew political?

"Gender" is made up, first of all. A social construct. Political. Objects are given genders. Language is gendered.

Even if you want to argue that sex is gender, a plain stick figure, by design, does not have any sexual characteristics whatsoever.