I know, right! The nerves!
To be honest, it wasn’t a conscious choice, I didn’t realize male horses don’t have a perineum like we do, I’ve just drawn what looked appealing to me and what I’ve seen other smut artists draw! I like how soft the perineum looks like, and since my interest is more with females I didn’t really bother to do any research about it. I’m sorry for triggering folks!
But yes, artistic freedom and stuff is important! People getting mad over artists drawing cartoon genitals one way and not another are silly. I mean, I have preferences myself, I like art that’s inspired by real life genitals, like what Carrot draws. But I also enjoy artists that draw human or completely made up genitals on non-human creatures, especially when they’re fictional like Pokémon or MLP!