Fembot I

Posted

It's possible to think entirely too much about this. Nevertheless, I've been posting robots for about two years and I've never felt the need to identify one of them as a "mascbot". I suppose it just means that our popular culture assumes that robots are evil, i.e., masculine. (heh)

And, following on that assumption, that I am just another unconscious culture-zombie. Which, in this case, I was. Until I suddenly realized that I had just posted a "fembot" and started to wonder why the hundreds of other 'bots that I've put up couldn't easily have been feminine. And, well, that's 'cause I'm a guy and I am/was a culture zombie.

So now what? I could rename or remove this particular drawing and vow to not put up "sexist" drawings in the future. Or, I could ask you, my fellow blogospherians, "Is it okay to assign gender to random scribblings on a prejudicial basis?"

Hint:I want you to say "yes", because I want to draw more feminine-inspired robotic imaginings and label them as Fembot II, Fembot III, etc.

Daily Image Tags