Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
I'm not going to say it's not sexist, but before bringing the hammer down too hard I think we need more information on the Hrothgar than the fact they exist and their basic appearance.

The males of both Miqo'te tribes tend toward being itinerants due to their culture. That's conducive to becoming adventurers... and I don't have either lore book myself, but are male / female birthrates skewed toward females in Miqo'te societies, or do the males just tend to be seen less due to their itinerant lifestyles / getting themselves killed vying for dominance?

Duskwights exist for the same reason drow elves are playable in D&D - so everyone can live out their Drizzt fantasies. (I kid. But I honestly don't know other than "Well, we need a second tribe for the elves.")

... I'll get to more tomorrow. It's late and I have to work tomorrow... nyeh...
I don't care if it is or isn't sexist. Whether it is or isn't is irrelevant to my question.

I scanned a loremonger's transcription of Miqo'te related entries from the lorebook, and while they didn't give a specific birth rate ratio (that I saw; I've often seen a 1:10 ratio quoted) like Viera's 2:10(?), they do state that the population is skewed towards females over males. Specifically, it states, "For reasons that are not entirely clear, female Miqo'te vastly outnumber males, a phenomenon unique among Eorzea’s races.” And while the possible itinerant nature of Tias (some, at least, may wish to travel to become stronger as in the case of U'odh Nunh) and the definite one of Keeper males might lend them to becoming adventurers, the Lodestone states, "Instinctual territoriality causes many among them (Miqo'te in general) to lead solitary lifestyles. Males in particular are said to shy from contact with others.” Solitary lives and shying away from contact. Not all that dissimilar from male Viera who also lead solitary lives and shy away from contact to such an extent that they might as well be ghosts.

To be frank, putting all this aside, the lore has never been a huge deal when it came to the PC, that is the WoL. The PC has always been made out to be atypical from racial norms, at least by the community. Certainly the devs aren't going out of their way to insert any Keeper/Duskwight prejudice against the PC in Gridania or any sort of reaction at all in Eorzea to Au Ra in spite of Yugiri's concerns or the massacre of Sidurgu's tribe. So it comes back to the big question of, "Why does it matter now?" If the devs didn't want to do male Viera because they didn't want to, then they should have stated that instead of trying to hide behind a flimsy excuse that falls apart when one thinks about it for more than a minute.