Semiotics

Answer this question Are penis(signifier of masculinity?) and a string of pearls(signifier of femininity?) roughly on the same level of importance in signifying gender? Do we still want to signify it? If the world were truly gender neutral would there be a need for pearls or urinals? When your first child is born-and it will happen to some of you someday- as it emerges from your or your partner’s vagina, will you cry out, “it’s an it,”? What is the purpose of gender-neutral pronouns? (Be specific, don’t use cliches. Apply it to contemporary culture in the USA) (Try to relate your response to Mythologies-Myth Today by Roland Barthes.)