Gender and Sexuality

In Kruger's first picture I see a lot of masculinity coming through. There's is clearly a man's arm clutching a torch, and the line "precision of military strategy" speaks more to men than women. It really tries to conjure an image of warfare, which is usually a masculine ideal. But I would like to point out that the masculine/warfare thing is not the only cultural outlook humanity has had. The Sarmatians and the Scythians were well known for fielding whole armies of women (it's believed that they made the template for the Amazonian Warrior mythology). Another thing is the TV show, Xena: Warrior Princess. The lead role was a tall, strong woman who beat the shit out of men while riding around with her short blonde lady friend (hetero life-mates). Does this not try to support a woman's capability to fight? Also, in Asian cultures (especially Thailand) there is a women's league of Muay Thai, a very very very brutal form of kick-boxing that has been called "human cock fighting" by critics. Does seeing 2 women beating the life out of each other seem feminine? Maybe not to traditional western culture, but the west doesn't rule the world, and their beliefs and culture don't hold sway across the globe either. Next picture. It's kinda boring and genderless if you ask me. Science used to be a man's field of study, but that was back when EVERYTHING was a man's field of study. One of the smartest people I've ever known was my friend's cousin. She is a bio-chemist for the government, and she can actually say "if I told you, I'd have to kill you." That's how good she is in her field. They have given her such an important job that she can't actually divulge the details to the fucking public. Do you know any men that can say that? I sure as hell don't. Oh and the volcano in the picture. I was gonna say that it's a powerful force of nature, and I could try and make the case that it speaks to women, who all carry wombs, which are also an incredibly powerful force of nature. But, I really doubt that's what the picture was going for, so I'm gonna shut up now.