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[S.W.]

if we're going to be super pedantic, sex refers to reproductive roles and chromosomes, whereas gender is mostly just socially constructed norms and individual preference. Of course, some people debate whether sex is a meaningful term in the first place - but I'm not going to touch that with a barge pole, yeah.

 

if we mean all-male in terms of sex, it's quite unlikely or uncommon. If we mean male in terms of gender, then sure, why not. I have no idea how it'd work though. As Liara mentions, despite she/her pronouns, asari don't really have a concept of 'female' as binary gendered groups do - probably because they don't have any 'male' to compare it to. A common conception of male/female involves a mutually exclusive binary - I'm not sure, then, how 'all-male' or 'all-female' given that one term usually requires the other, and are often defined negatively e.g. masculine is by definition not feminine, and vice versa. Regardless of how it would work, I would be 100% down with a new shirtless testosterone-and-explosions alien race, just for the lols.

 

but let's be honest, 90% of aliens we see in-game are male. I have no problem with this, primarily because when we finally meet female turians and salarians, they are usually unquestionably awesome badass ladies to make up for the lack of non-asari alien women. I am also 100% down with this trend continuing.

 

basically I don't give a **** as long as we still have awesome alien men and women around.

[justafan]

I really don't see the point, for the longest time, Turians, Volus, Elcor and Drell might as well been one-gendered species for all intents and purposes if what you're asking for is an Asari equivalent of a monogendered species that has what humans see as masculine physical features.  Aside from that I don't really see how an all male species could work as they would be unable to reproduce (asumming you define females of a species as the sex that births young)?

 

Though, now that I think of it, perhaps it could work.  Have a species that is the opposite of the Asari, monogendered but impregnates other species.  Just say they evolved from parasites or something and that they are not actually using the mother's womb but that their fully fertilized eggs attach to wherever the nutrients are, which for most species is the stomach and it gives the illusion of pregnancy.  And then after the child is grown this can happen

 

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[coldflame]

2 words Sea Horses.

 

 

Do you even know how sea horses breed? There are female and male sea horses and both are required for the animal to breed.

[karushna5]

Perhaps in a new series, but I do feel like having 2 monogendered races in one franchise may be a bit much, but things I would like...

 

A species with no gender. 

Species that change gender.

Species that are duel gendered.

 

I mean an all male/female race has been done to death, but the above has not and are way more common in nature anyway.

[KainD]

Perhaps in a new series, but I do feel like having 2 monogendered races in one franchise may be a bit much, but things I would like...

 

A species with no gender. 

Species that change gender.

Species that are duel gendered.

 

I mean an all male/female race has been done to death, but the above has not and are way more common in nature anyway.

 

Asari are a species with no gender. Unless you mean a species without sex, but then how do they reproduce? 

[Tex]

Do you even know how sea horses breed? There are female and male sea horses and both are required for the animal to breed.

I'm glad someone else knows about this I was getting worried.

[shodiswe]

So, let me guess, they can make each other if in a pinch, but they prefer to make people of other species pregnant? Because it's far more interesting and less taxing to them?

 

Or something? After all, they must have been sustainable Before spaceflight, or had Another species to reproduce with..... Maybe they humped female cattle of their world when they wanted to reproduce? Then they found more interesting females around the galaxy?

[Tex]

Well if BW doesn't give us an all male, sexy race of strippers maybe we can get some buff Asari.
 
 

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Nooooooo burn it burn it with fire.

[Inquisitor_Jonah]

An all male race would only work if from the beginning they shared their homeword with other species, that has both genders or just one. That way they could pull the "used other species to reproduce" card and wouldn't be just a genderswap asari, giving us an actual biological explanation. As people said, they could be parasites, needing to place their genes in other species, them they would develop stealing the victim's nutrients. Of course, that would ruin the potential for romances, unless they come up with a viable way for the victim to give birth without dying. Ether way, this would be a neat homage to ALIEN, and an interesting plot to explore.

[HuldraDancer]

I really don't see an all male species making sense for them to keep their numbers up and breed unless they, breed with females of other species but the pregnancy always results in another of their kind, are hermaphroditic, parasitic, or has the ability to change sex if required when breeding is needed. Though that last one doesn't really count as all male then wouldn't it? Or would it? I am unsure.

 

This is however kind of interesting to think about, figuring out how it could work in a believable way.

[Inquisitor_Jonah]

I really don't see an all male species making sense for them to keep their numbers up and breed unless they, breed with females of other species but the pregnancy always results in another of their kind, are hermaphroditic, parasitic, or has the ability to change sex if required when breeding is needed. Though that last one doesn't really count as all male then wouldn't it? Or would it? I am unsure.

 

This is however kind of interesting to think about, figuring out how it could work in a believable way.

I guess an "Almost all male" would make more sense. Like bees, they are all male and the only female is their Queen.

[Dantriges]

The salarians are 90% male. Does that count as almost?

[HuldraDancer]

I guess an "Almost all male" would make more sense. Like bees, they are all male and the only female is their Queen.

 

When I gave the 'almost all male' I was honestly thinking of some kind of some fish, I forget the name of them but if I recall correctly they are all born one sex until it's breeding season then the largest one changes sex while the rest stay the other sex in order to breed, I don't know if the one dies or changes back after breeding though it's been years since I found out about them. Though the 'almost all male' idea probably wouldn't work if they had live births it would probably have to be born through eggs in order to work. The bee like angle works well too of course my mind just happened to be on fish for some reason

 

 

EDIT: Imo I think they'd be closer to being all male if a female only briefly existed for mating only and at any other time they are all male.

[Inquisitor_Jonah]

The salarians are 90% male. Does that count as almost?

Really? I didn't know about that, they are so asexual that sometimes we can't even see the difference. But I'm pretty sure the point of this topic was to counter balance the Asari, A.K.A. the fanservice wet dream, wich I would completely support lol.

[Dantriges]

Fertilized salarian eggs become females, the rest are males. It´s more of a social convention that only 10% are fertilized but at the time of the trilogy its 90% males.

 

Wonder how fast they could breed if they turned it around with a 90% female population.

[SerriceIceDandy]

A true male-only species could only be a parasitic in nature - which would mean that they reproduce via .androgenisis. Unfortunately, androgenisis doesn't tend to make a good case for evolution. And even if it did, we'd have an entire species that existed by diddling with their equivalent of Fido the dog to continue their species; which isn't very attractive (or it might be to some of you, who knows).

I thought an Androgynous Sapient Plant species would be kind of cool to encounter. 

[Ashevajak]

I hope yes, because then buttbabies will be a feature of ME lore.  And that would be hilarious.

[Panda]

Really? I didn't know about that, they are so asexual that sometimes we can't even see the difference. But I'm pretty sure the point of this topic was to counter balance the Asari, A.K.A. the fanservice wet dream, wich I would completely support lol.

 

Don't we have that in Drell's already? Well, they aren't all bisexual though.

[Steelcan]

Asari are a species with no gender. Unless you mean a species without sex, but then how do they reproduce? 

asari are a species with one gender, they are monogendered, not agendered

[Steelcan]

Fertilized salarian eggs become females, the rest are males. It´s more of a social convention that only 10% are fertilized but at the time of the trilogy its 90% males.

 

Wonder how fast they could breed if they turned it around with a 90% female population.

quite easily given the rapid life cycles of salarians.  All they'd have to do is fertilize more eggs than they normally do

[aoibhealfae]

Beside Vorcha and Hanar, we could only hear a female Elcor from the Blasto 6 poster and there's one a female Batarian in Mass Effect Revelation. 

 

I'm more open to a hermaphroditic race, like the Gethenians in The Left Hand of Darkness. 

[HuldraDancer]

Know I saw this mentioned a couple times in here but what about if they were more or less plant based breeding via spores so no partner is really needed? Though honestly I'm just picturing the silliest things in my head after typing that like having the growing babies in pots and watering them with a hose or something.

[Panda]

Drell are dying out. Drell males need to be with Drell females to make more Drell. And have you seen their women?

 

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They are ripped! Drell women aren't going to let you take their men.

 

 

Look at those beefy arms! No, honestly, the codex says that Drell have denser muscles than Humans. They are really strong. 

 

They are as fanservice race as Asari, though both are lot more than just fanservice too, but lorewise you are right Still I'd love to see another Drell LI.