Banksy mainly focuses on political statements but there can be gender roles found in his work. As both figures in the piece, “Boy Meets Girl”, are children originally the first emotion brought with it is a sense of innocence. However this changes drastically when we realise the young girl is holding a bat with nails behind her back whilst the boy withholds his innocence as he only holds a flower bouquet behind his. The young girl’s intentions change and instead of the original innocence it changes to malice. Focusing on how the gender roles are positioned in this piece, the little girl has evil intentions and the little boy is pure. ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ is a quote that would fit the gender roles portrayed in this piece. The audience’s
