Śrī and Hari are not corporeal beings to be ruled by such modern sensibilities. Any manifestation of Deities is for the benefit of the Jīva, so that it may internalise the vidyā and progress on a spiritual journey. A few brief observations below.
1) Īśvara and Śakti are inseparably linked, two consider them distinct is like considering the sun and heat as distinct entities. Śakti is the manifest action of Brahman.
2) It is absurd to think that an infinite and eternal manifest power is Male or Female.
2) It is absurd to think that an infinite and eternal manifest power is Male or Female.
3) Images also do not denote depiction of actual beings situated on a particular plane behaving in that manner, they’re not photographs, they’re instead a manifestation of the Deity in a manner conducive for a conditioned Jīva to approach them.
4) These images apart from providing a fixed point of Dhyāna, also provide a bunch of derivative essences for the mind to ponder up and unearth certain rahasyas which make the Jīva better cognise Tattvas.
5) An image such as the one depicting लक्ष्मी-नारायण in the क्षीरसागर
5) An image such as the one depicting लक्ष्मी-नारायण in the क्षीरसागर
are not to show the position of a man and woman. They’re the depiction of (in वैष्णव theology) Īśvara and Śaktī. Śaktī being His Will manifested.
