A small Spanish town council has decided to fight machismo through altering half of all road signs and traffic signals to “feminine attributes.�
While all of the street signs in Fuenlabrada have always consisted of boxy male figures, the council is requiring the town to change half of the signs to show female silhouettes with ponytails or a skirt.
While I’m not too keen on using a ribbon, ponytail and/or skirt to define what a woman looks like, sometimes something as simple as identifying women as pedestrians can stick it to (even in a small way) a sexist system. And I’m all for it.
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Sexism today, homophobia tomorrow?
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(This is a sign from a gay bar in Madrid, a take-off on that Spanish pedestrian-crossing sign.)
Um... last time I checked women look pretty much the same as men if you draw them as stick figures.
Bearcat: nope.
A stickfigure, like that one, doesn't count as both.
Remember the last time you were looking for the bathroom and you knew which door was yours because you knew which silhouette was you? Triangle skirt, or stick figure?
When was the last time a man felt included in the image depicted by the figure in a triangle skirt...
Never said I liked the bathroom signs. I'd much prefer the Mars/Venus signs. Portraying women in dresses is outdated and sort of excludes the Scots.
Then why not include fuller silhouettes as well? I know lots of people who don't remotely look like stick figures, male or female.
Going down that road is a bit ridiculous. The traditional stick figure is completely asexual. And I do object to being portrayed as a human being with a ponytail and a skirt too. The stick figure represents a biped crossing the street. Period.
How about putting the Feministing mud flap girl on a road sign?
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