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[AtlasMickey]

Actually, it's MaleShelp that I can't take seriously.

Since anything he says can be said by a woman without any difference in reaction from the other characters, there really is nothing masculine about him. MaleShep is a castrated character.

Shepard is more properly understood as female. Where there's gender neutrality, there's femininity. This is first and foremost supported by the narrative. The Mass Effect universe features an entire race of monogendered beings who all look and sound like women. They're also the oldest and most powerful race.

Our own universe also supports this notion biologically and culturally. We're all female in the womb until some point where a certain level of a certain hormone exists that leads to a male child. Women have greater freedom to explore gender roles. A woman can wear a man's clothes (metaphorically and literally) without it being unusual, but the same cannot be said in reverse.

I just played LotSB yesterday with my FemShep and thought it was a little silly to do melee, but it wouldn't have been any less silly with MaleShep, because the Shadow Broker is frickin' huge. That average 20% between men and women wouldn't have made a load of difference. As has been said, they're both cyborgs with shields and abilities that reduce strength in their enemies.

So it doesn't make sense to base the gender seriousness of the characters on physical characteristics. You have to look at their personalities. MaleShep's personality is too awkward and even creepy to be taken seriously as a man.

[JamieCOTC]

To OP. Do you know what else is fun? Reporting trolls.

[Wolfborn Son]

Genetic engineering, in womb, is not uncommon in the Mass Effect world.

Soldiers get some sort of genetic modification as well.

Then there's the fact that in the real world, we've been working on exoskeletons for strength modification for both civilian and military purpose, it makes sense to think that armor in the ME world supplements strength.   

The ME world is quickly approaching a post-human era anyway.  Gender divides don't matter as much.

[Kronner]

I don't take either Shepard seriously, but that's just me.

Although I do happen to agree that current western society would like men and women to be identical. What a bunch of politically correct bull****. Too bad.

And obviously men are always going to be superior athletes/soldiers/physical specimens than women, genetic engineering changes nothing. But that does not mean that female Shepard is any more unrealistic than male Shepard.

Just for the record, I prefer male Shepard thanks to a) me being a male so I can relate better to male Shepard and Meer is just better voice actor IMHO.

Modifié par Kronner, 19 juin 2011 - 04:32 .

[javierabegazo]

Well that's too bad. LOCKDOWN Far too many offensive posts