demin8891 wrote...
Monogendered doesn't mean no-gendered. It means they're all the same gender.
Which would be female. They have mammaries, they give birth, and appear in every way feminine. They're female.
eddieoctane wrote...
thebobafettest wrote...
They give birth, appear female, and are essentially female in most ways.
They
are female. Little bit of genetics theory: the Y-chromosome is thought
to evolved as a mutation of the X-chromosome. Considering their basic
external anatomy is the same as human, I would expect the process or
reproduction and birth to be similar to Earth mammals. I just reasoned
that the X->Y mutation just never occured in their species or it was
evolved out.
Species on Earth that are "mono-genered" are also
usually considered biologically female. I know there are several species
of fish this applies to.
arisian wrote...
Actually, technically speaking Liara *is* female. Anything that has only one gender is female. There are lots of examples of parthenogenic species on Earth (https://en.wikipedia...Parthenogenesis), and the single extant gender is "female" for these species. The idea that the lack of males means the Asari aren't female is just plain silly, and goes counter to the basic biological definition of "female."
All correct. Biologically on a cellular level they HAVE to be female to produce viable offspring. The actual reproductive method (a merging of nervous systems and their body genetically modifying their own ova) matters little. They have to be female in this respect.
They also have to be physiologically female. Assuming they don't lay eggs or something weird like that (which is never implied in the game) this means having a womb in order to carry the foetus for birth. Physiologically they are likely to be very similar to humans given the implied similarities with humans (the breasts implying mammary glands, for example) and given how evolutionary development tends towards the "most favourable" outcome. In the case of bipeds this means a vagina-like opening between the legs in order to actually give birth (since the positioning allows gravity to assist with the birth, in a natural setting of course as opposed to propped up on a hospital bed).
Gender is not actually a straightforward "male or female", its actually a sliding scale. See
this BBC article for lay person-friendly examples and explanation. However from a practical perspective any species that is all one gender HAS to be all female or young cannot be produced. And an organism that is bipedal, carries their young in a womb and gives birth is likely to be physiologically very similar to humans, because of simple evolution forcing optimal strategies.
Therefore all Asari are female. Though arguably the terms "male" and "female" actually don't mean anything anyway.
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