Editing Androcentrism (section)

== Generic male symbols ==
On the Internet, many avatars are gender-neutral (such as an image of a smiley face). However, when an avatar is human and discernibly gendered, it usually appears to be a man.<ref>{{cite news | last = Wade | first = Lisa | title = Default avatars: a collection | url = https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/6281/5883 | work = [[University of Minnesota|The Society Pages]] &#124; Sociological Images | publisher = [[University of Minnesota]] | date = 4 May 2009 | access-date = 17 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = April H. | last2 = LaFrance | first2 = Marianne | title = Anonymously male: Social media avatar icons are implicitly male and resistant to change | journal = Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace | volume = 10 | issue = 4 | page = 8 | doi = 10.5817/CP2016-4-8 | date = 2016 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Depictions of skeletons typically have male anatomy rather than female, even when the character of the skeleton is meant to be female.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Katie |date=Aug 19, 2019 |title=Skeletons and Gender Perception |url=https://medium.com/@katiehughes_60669/skeletons-and-gender-perception-6b23ed335cf5}}</ref>

Restroom symbols show the male as the default person, while the female is identified by a skirt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=The Absurdity and Influence of Restroom Symbols |url=https://everybodyskirts.com/blogs/posts/the-absurdity-and-influence-of-restroom-symbols?srsltid=AfmBOorp3Ij9MvusyYLXkgavhRDtJFe43YETu1NCqBJqe-ZPqDPtexly |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Everybody Skirts |language=en}}</ref>

Lions are often portrayed in fiction as patriarchal and thought of as "King of the Jungle," despite being led by females.<ref>{{Cite web |title=If The Lion King had been factually correct, it would have been a feminist story |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/the-lion-king-lion-pride-all-female-simbas-mum-sarabi/278659 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.stylist.co.uk}}</ref>