I'm not sure what to make of some "modernist" art - for example is this painting showing the anticipated audience reaction to this painting by Tala Madani? Or are those men transitioning? So many questions, maybe it's better to stop over analyzing and just enjoy the artistry...
"Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and non-Western"
"Madani’s figurative paintings often feature a riotous cast of middle-aged men, balding and stocky, whose libidinal mayhem wreaks havoc on any situation the artist thrusts them into. Acerbic caricatures of both machismo and a childlike desire for mischief, the physical comedy at work in Madani’s paintings is anchored by intense pleasures, pathos, and a pervasive sense of violence"
https://art21.org/artist/tala-madani/