Artists/painters who famously can't draw people of the opposite gender

[KingstonU]

Not sure sure anyone here might know this, but an art student once showed me some fascinating examples of how some artists/painters were not good at drawing a person of both genders, like a man would have difficulty in drawing/painting, say a woman, without them always looking like men / having masculine features (particularly in the faces), and vice-versa for some female artists when trying to draw/paint men. (It could have not necessarily been the opposite gender).

It was apparently quite common and they showed me some examples of specific famous artists / painters who exhibited this in their work, but I can't recall the names.

Does anyone know about this phenomenon or recall of some artists that are known for this? Is there a proper expression or word for this.

Thanks

 

[kn51]

Well I'm not sure who Jackson Pollock dated...

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Georgia O'Keefe could only paint vaginas, not penises.

 

[FaaR]

What about artists who can't draw their OWN gender...? IE,

 

[Red Squirrel]

I can't draw people worth crap, though at one point I did take a drawing class and actually got somewhat decent at doing portrait style drawings or anything with lot of curves/shading. In general though I was mostly good at structural stuff with mostly straight lines. My goto drawing tools was pencil and ruler and I could wip up pretty cool stuff. I kinda considered becoming an architect when I was younger. Most kids were 2D drawing houses with oversized stick figures that are taller than the house and meanwhile I was 3D drawing bridges and roads and overpasses and stuff. Kinda wish I still had all my drawings from when I was a kid.

Been a while since I drew anything by hand now, I should try it again for fun to see if I'm any good.