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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9603547" data-attributes="member: 6779196">But from this art, could you tell the creature’s level of genius - tactical, intuitive, or otherwise? I could not.How do you know?I mean, lots of creatures have very minimal sexual dimorphism, if any. Even if this design was completely lacking in traditional gender signifiers, we would not be able to determine its sex. It also is not completely lacking in traditional gender signifiers. It has full lips, of a richer color and glossier sheen than the rest of its face. It has upturned teardrop shaped eyelids, also of a different color than the rest of its face. These things are suggestive of makeup, one of the most common gender signifiers in visual art. Furthermore, it has high cheek bones and a very shallow brow, which in humans are more typical of feminine faces. It’s subtle, but it’s definitely feminine coded.</blockquote>