Suggestion: First Law Of Gender Bending

Would something like this work better?

edited 15th Mar '12 8:39:31 AM by Stratadrake

I like that. A whole lot. A huge whole lot.

That's a good image.

Thumbs up from me.

I was amused.

I can work up some variations if we want them. Ideas include:

• Change "One Way" to "One Way Only"
• Two arrows pointing either way, but the female-to-male pointing one has been crossed out.

One way signs imply "only". I think it is great as-is. Gets the idea across at a glance, which is fantastic, old image doesn't do that at all.

Me likey.

I don't think it needs to be changed at all. But, I'm a USAin and that's a standard USA sign. Is it equally clear to people not for the US or should we consider using whatever the international "One Way" sign is?

Edit: Hmmm. Looks like it's basically the same idea, only it's a circular blue sign with no words◊

edited 14th Mar '12 11:28:45 AM by Madrugada

Here's a snapshot of my workfile with two variations: [1]◊

edited 14th Mar '12 11:36:15 AM by Stratadrake

If we're going to get pedantic about what signs to use, I'm more familiar with this◊ design, myself.

I added that as a variation. Personally I don't think it works as well.

edited 14th Mar '12 11:55:19 AM by Stratadrake

Those two types of One Way sign occur with approximately equal frequency in western Washington, and the OP one fits the other icons better I think.

I'm from England, and I like the original suggestion best; it's simple and there are no clarity issues, at least for my country.

I'm from Sweden, and the original is fine.

I'm from Chile, our signs aren't like that, but the first one gets the point across just fine (though I also like the second one).

The last several post have been what I was wanting, but wasn't very clear in asking for — tropers from outside the US saying whether it worked for them or not.

That's...astoundingly clever

Works for me.

I like the suggested picture way better than the one in the trope's page. It shows the arrow from a guy to a girl and the sign says 'One Way'.

edited 14th Mar '12 3:21:58 PM by DFighter

On further reflection I actually favor the two-arrows one myself, because the First Law of Gender Bending is about the difficulty/impossibility of undoing a male-to-female Gender Bender. But that's just a minor preference.

The suggested picture is great. The current picture on the page is completely opaque.

I like the suggested image, too.

Are we good with the OP's version? I think it does just as well as any of the suggested variants.

edited 15th Mar '12 7:38:25 AM by Willbyr

Looks like.