Well, I guess that’s also a question of what is meant by intent. I don’t think that the artist made an effort to ensure that people would not find them arousing, but I also don’t think they were primarily drawn for that purpose. Not every element of art is a conscious decision, and I’m not really inclined to speculate about it. Objectification and sexualization can be present regardless of the artist’s conscious intent.

I’ve accepted the single point that Russia’s pose is somewhat sexualized, but other than that, I don’t agree with any other point of your analysis. Ofc it’s pretty subjective, but I just don’t see it, and honestly I think the idea of “female confidence is inherently sexual” feels more and more to me like it underlies a lot of that perspective, and I just want to reiterate that I really strongly object to labelling them as “dommes,” which aside from the sexist undertones I mentioned, it’s also exactly the sort of thing I was talking about in my original comment asking people to chill. Even if there are some mildly suggestive elements, characterizing the art as fetishistic is an absurd overstatement and overreaction. Tbh I find this sort of discourse over what looks to me like an extremely normal drawing of women to be pretty alienating and kinda gross.