![]() The other is in the “real world”, where the stereotypical, gender constructs do not exist. The first is in the computer simulation, which represents “our unconscious accepted viewpoint” of gender. The film, The Matrix, plays with this construct, by displaying two different expressions of gender. When looking at gender in our society, the “unconsciously accepted viewpoint” is accepting the construct of gender as male or female. This ultimately results in the exclusion of women. ![]() In answering the question, “Why have there been no great female artist”, Nochlin explains that one of the reasons is that in art history, the white, Western male viewpoint is “unconsciously accepted as the viewpoint of the art historian” (Morgan and Purje). In response to the illustrated guide to Linda Nochlin’s text: is The Matrix gendered? Isabelle Giordano ![]()
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