Some more examples of visual notes

The purpose of this post is to offer you some more examples of what visual notes can look like.

SEXISM: This one is short and sweet.  It utilizes body figure, hair, and dress differences to distinguish men and women.  It then makes use of a pedestal and a speech bubble to indicate the superior treatment of men vs. that of women.

SECOND SHIFT: This visual note uses the image of office buildings to convey the idea of work away from home; it expresses the idea of work at home with a house, a vacuum, and a baby.  It conveys the idea of having two work shifts with the 3 speech bubbles and with the two time cards and time clocks:  one is next to the 'work away from home' images and the other is next to the 'work at home' images.

GENDER ROLE: This visual note uses pop culture references to add a little flare (though more abstract images like stick figures are effective as well).  It uses the image of a pop fiction father and son to indicate the social learning aspect of gender role (i.e., parents can powerfully shape the gender of their children).  The core idea is expressed quite simply with a speech bubble, with the image of the father (who is the person that has the expectations of how boys and girls should act) and the image of the child, which is the person that either conforms to or deviates from the gender role expected of them (in this case, it's the expectations of the father).

PASSING: This visual note uses a 2 frame design to indicate a process of change.  In the first frame, the dotted lines and the bindle indicate travel (or more specifically, immigration); the flag and the last names of those underneath it ("Smith") indicate the country and the dominant culture that the immigrant is entering into.  The immigrant's name ("Schmidt") indicates their subcultural difference from the dominant U.S. culture.  In the second frame, the changed name and the idea bubble indicate the process of the immigrant blending in and going unnoticed as a member of a subculture.