Pioneer 10 and 11 plaques

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Plaques from Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 (U.S.A., 1972 and 1973)

Two plaques were included on the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 probes, launched into space in 1972 and 1973, respectively. Engraved on these plaques (among other designs) were two human figures, representing a man and a woman. The idea was to send a message containing information to a potential extraterrestrial civilization that might receive those plaques.

While the male figure was fully represented in the image and likeness of a man, the female figure lacked the line representing the vulva. The plaques were designed by Carl Sagan, who believed that depicting the line of the vulva on the female figure would be considered obscene by NASA.

How can we, women, feel comfortable in a society where our genitals (which are part of our own female bodies) are considered «obscene»?
A sexist, patriarchal society harbors such an aversion to our genitals that it refuses to include them in a message intended for a hypothetical extraterrestrial civilization.

If our society were a matriarchy and a gynocracy, I am convinced that the complete figures would have been included on those plaques, without any taboos or fears.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque

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