I will start this response by saying that these two images are very hard to analyze, and only a few gender-related issues are obvious. The first and really only very clear gender signifier is in the first image. The arm holding the fire is obviously that of a man. The text of the image also presents a masculine idea: the military. I'm not sure what the text actually means, but the military is definitely strongly tied to masculinity and is a conceived norm of manhood.
I'm having trouble pulling any concrete knowledge or ideas from the second image. I can certainly see how a volcano might be considered typically masculine (because of its eruptive power, and the fact that you can't tell they're dangerous until they explode. Science is also a field that is typically dominated by men, but I just can't seem to wrap my head around any clear concept of how the different elements of the image tie together. If I had to draw some conclusion from these two images, I would say that Kruger is making a point about the male's tendency to “bottle up” their emotions. She could very possibly be saying that men have to control every emotion in a very precise manner and that nothing is ever truly natural. I'm just not sure.
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It's good you started by trying to explain what you got. As per the science/mania question, consider this: where do we focus our research the most?
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