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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Well dissecting corpses was considered sacrilegis because religious people, but it's possible that they made it that wrong on purpose. Moral sensibilities are arbitrary and irrational, and in a society where they completely trump all things science, sometimes you got to make some compromises to squeak past the censorship. Honestly it's not that different today, just in different places.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure what dissection of bodies has to do with drawing external genitalia, but yeah, I suppose social mores would explain away the lack of having seen genitals, and/or drawing them badly.

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