Pronouns???

[Lanadra]

Despite that the viewpoint is flawed as the world is based upon our own as a referential point so that the end user can relate to it, the world does have nonbinary characters -- namely, the pixies.

I'm more in the technical limitations being the largest hurdle camp, but this point doesn't ultimately matter especially when the canon of the world itself doesn't actually neatly fit the experience (ie: male miqo'te are supposed to be a very rare sight, particularly keepers, yet they're all over the place etc...).

I did say playable races. I am aware of the pixies.. but they are irrelevant to the matter at hand, again, they're not a playable race so we don't decide anything in the character creator about them. Nor does their existence change that all the playable races are quite clearly and evidently defined as binary in all the materials we've seen.

[Alaray]

I did say playable races. I am aware of the pixies.. but they are irrelevant to the matter at hand, again, they're not a playable race so we don't decide anything in the character creator about them. Nor does their existence change that all the playable races are quite clearly and evidently defined as binary in all the materials we've seen.

It doesn't really matter, is the point. The reason the world and the characters in the game are shown as predominantly binary has nothing to do with the integrity of world building, and has a lot more to do with public reception of a product.

[Lanadra]

It doesn't really matter, is the point. The reason the world and the characters in the game are shown as predominantly binary has nothing to do with the integrity of world building, and has a lot more to do with public reception of a product.

Fair. Anyhow, that aside I will also agree with you that ultimately my only real objection is from a technical standpoint.. pretty much as everyone has concluded in the course of this thread. That it would be an exceptional amount of work for very little gain. Well, technical and that I'd really really prefer they spend time and resources on other things.

[Destati]

If it didn't require a lot of technical reworking I would love for this to be an option. I have seen many players who (for example) will play a female Au Ra but use the male model due to their height/size (and vice versa). I myself have a male Viera character but am using the female model (for hopefully obvious reasons), so it would be nice to have the ability to use different pronouns.

[MilkieTea]

They say gender is a social construct, but sex isn't. We aren't slugs or whatever, we are humans. Male or* female.

Gender doesn't equal sex. And sex isn't a binary either. [Redacted this bit for misinformation that I was too tired to catch. Beat me up for it, do it. If you want context feel free to scroll through the rest of the thread]

Ari Berkowitz Ph.D. - "For a variety of biological reasons, many of us have external gen****s that are intermediate between a c******s and a p***s and intermediate between l*bia and a scrotum. Others have typically male chromosomes but typically female gen****s. Still others have intermediate gonads, called ovotestes. Collectively, all these situations can be described by the umbrella term, inters*x."

PhD Candidate Darren Incorvaia - "It’s certainly true that there are two types of human s*x cell, sperm and egg, produced by testes and ovaries respectively. But the issue at hand isn’t whether gametes occur in a binary; it’s whether s*x does. And in humans, it is possible for an individual to possess both ovaries and testes, and to produce both types of s*x cells (or neither). Historically these individuals have been called “true hermaphrodites,” and today they’re generally classified under the broader umbrella term of inters*x. If we’re classifying humans into male or female s*x categories on the basis of possessing certain gametes, two categories isn’t enough. S*x isn’t binary.

Okay that was way too easy. Maybe you’re thinking, “Well what about chromosomes? There are only two types of s*x chromosome arrangements: XX or XY! If we define sex using chromosomes, isn’t it binary?” And the answer is: no. XX and XY are not the only s*x chromosome arrangements humans can have: there’s also X, XXX, XXXX, XXXXX, XXY, XXXY, XXXXY, XXYY, or XYY If we’re defining s*x on the basis of s*x chromosome arrangements, two categories isn’t enough. S*x isn’t binary.
BUT WAIT, maybe you’re thinking or saying aloud like a weirdo. “Isn’t Y the male chromosome and X the female chromosome? Isn’t that a binary?” And oh, my poor misguided imaginary friend, the answer is again no. Obviously the most common “male” s*x chromosome arrangement is XY, which means X isn’t uniquely a “female chromosome.” But there’s also the added fact that possessing a Y chromosome doesn’t always mean an individual develops traits we traditionally consider male, like testes and a p***s. The gene that primarily controls development of these traits (or genes that control this gene), sry, can sometimes be non-functional or jump off the chromosome entirely (this is an oversimplification of course but you get the gist). In these cases the individual usually develops traditionally “female” traits, like ovaries and a v*gina, or some combination of male and female traits. S*x isn’t binary."

[Enla]

This would be a good addition if not for the issues it would cause in being implemented. Not the least of which is the rerecording of voiced lines to represent agendered people. Which would then cause them to basically have to redo most of ARR and some parts of HW as well due to no longer having access to the talent pool that voiced the base game. Not to mention what happened to Yugiri's second VA, may she rest in peace. If SE ever makes another FF14 MMO I'd love to see this as an option however.

[Caurcas]

Gender doesn't equal sex. And sex isn't a binary either. According to Dr. Fausto-Sterling "It has long been known that there is no single biological measure that unassailably places each and every human into one of two categories — male or female.

That's alot of words from a few, and one very controversial figure about what amounts to making alot out of nothing. The overwhelming majority, and I mean overwhelming, of humans are either male or female. The intersex designation you keep using to defend your position is an extremely, extremely rare medical issue that is almost always corrected at birth. A outlier/medical condition does not a rule make.

[MilkieTea]

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I'm not writing a dissertation, just providing a bouncing board.

Anyways, the point is moot because s*x isn't equal to gender - so regardless of whether the consensus from the majority is that s*x is binary (which it isn't*), gender isn't and has never been, and it makes no sense to equate the two.

*there are roughly the same amount of inters*x people as there are redheads, does this mean redheads are just brown-haired people with something that needs to be "fixed"? No, because there is a specific gene that codes for redheads.

[Caurcas]

*there are roughly the same amount of inters*x people as there are redheads, does this mean redheads are just brown-haired people with something that needs to be "fixed"? No, because there is a specific gene that codes for redheads.

Doing some quick Google searches, this is incorrect. Intersex individuals with secondary characteristics are 0.02-0.05% and usually corrected at birth. Red haired humans are roughly 2% of the population. Now, I'll extend an olive branch. If you're an adult, choose to do with your body what you wish. However, there no need to push for it in a peice of media that has little to do with that.

[MilkieTea]

Doing some quick Google searches, this is incorrect. Intersex individuals with secondary characteristics are 0.02-0.05% and usually corrected at birth. Red haired humans are roughly 2% of the population. Now, I'll extend an olive branch. If you're an adult, choose to do with your body what you wish. However, there no need to push for it in a peice of media that has little to do with that.

Inters*x does not only include ambiguous genitalia, although your number is correct on that.

Inters*x is a large umbrella that includes those who have X, XXX, etc chromosomes, genitalia of females but chromosomes of males, etc etc.