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Beyond aesthetic concerns, some vocal observers have taken a more pointed approach, suggesting that the redesign appears to be a manifestation of societal trends toward gender fluidity and political correctness. They argue that the new Shrek’s features resemble a "feminized" biome, with some even joking about fans “trans-vetting” the character or analyzing his biological sex at birth through “phenology diagrams”—a tongue-in-cheek reference to social media threads dissecting the ogre’s facial structure and skull shape to determine gender.