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Stuff like the maps Pegwoman feature frustrates me. The world would be a better place if, instead of letting Pegwoman join Pegman for a day, it was a gender-ne
by jrmg 16y ago
Stuff like the maps Pegwoman feature frustrates me. The world would be a better place if, instead of letting Pegwoman join Pegman for a day, it was a gender-neutral 'peg person' (or someing shorter - Peggle? Peggy?) to start with.
The fact that one day of Pegwoman is thought of as a /good/ thing just highlights the problem. Highlighting the problem is not a /bad/ thing - its not a solution though.
- glenjamin 16y agoAnd what would a gender-neutral 'peg person' look like? Probably like pegman. For whatever reason we tend to see homo-sapien-like figures as male, unless they have some specific female markers (I believe).
- whateverer 16y agoSources? Biologically, the default state for human embryos is female after all, look up Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
- glenjamin 16y agoMore a general observation than an attempt to state a fact. Consider the features which would inform a guess of gender based on only a silhouette: Skirt, Long hair, Breasts, High heels? I can only seem to think of attributes whose presence would make me guess Female, and absence would make me guess Male. I'm open to suggestions of the shape of an androgynous figure, perhaps this is a case of me projecting my though process onto others incorrectly.
- melissamiranda 16y agoThe female marker is always a skirt. I wonder if it holds in Scotland.