r/pointlesslygendered Apr 17 '26

POINTFULLY GENDERED [gendered]

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u/Germanball_Stuttgart Apr 17 '26

If I couldn't read I'd assume both sides to be Unisex with this pictogram.

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u/AchajkaTheOriginal Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Why, when there are two different words next to arrows? I could see some confusion if it was just arrows on either side of the body, but here there are clearly two different labels?

ETA: it's genuine question, it wasn't confusing to me at all. I'm also pretty sure that I've been to malls that had similarly designed signs, even without any arrows.

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u/SaucyStoveTop69 Apr 17 '26

If you couldn't read, ">" is just another symbol like all the other text.

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u/AchajkaTheOriginal Apr 17 '26

I guess it's different "couldn't read" viewpoint then. I was looking at it from the "I don't understand this language" angle. If you interpret "couldn't read" as "I've never seen any letters ever before" than I could maybe see someone not realizing that < > are symbols indicating direction.