D&D 5E Inappropriate breasts on female monsters

[aramis erak]

And yet in all versions I have never heard of d&d dragons nursing their offspring.
Rather, in all versions I know eggs often were abandoned in the wild with the wyrmlings fending for themselves. So they certainly do not need their parents for food/nursing.

Council of Wyrms (setting book, 2e). Wherein Dragons have a culture, and do train their young.

 

[Derren]

Council of Wyrms (setting book, 2e). Wherein Dragons have a culture, and do train their young.

Train does not mean nursing. If I remember the introduction adventure right the only nice words after the freshly hatched wyrmlings fought off ogres raiding the hatchery were along the lines "you don't seem to be totally useless"

 

[Sadras]

And this begs the question, why does a snake woman have boobs?

Good grief man, does every thread have to be about your reservations about Planescape?

 

[HardcoreDandDGirl]

Why do you equate (reduce?) being female with boobs? Do you really think that boobs are such a important part of females that someone without them isn't a full/real woman any more?

as I said in my first post, there are a lot of ways to make me connect with a female race... the easiest and quickest is by making them female looking, not just breasts, but yes partially. as for full/real woman without them I will again relate the problems my mother has to this day because she had one removed... and has suffered deprsion over it even after getting an implant.

 

[Umbran]

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From everything I can tell here you are speaking for women without actually listening to them.

You might want to ask more questions before you come to that conclusion. I'm listening - to more than just the women on these forums.

If we were talking about EN World policy, then I'd typically go with the local majority (with some leeway, there, in that sometimes you do things to protect a minority from the majority rule). But, we are talking about a broader audience.

So, while I respect the local ladies, and their opinions, altogether in my experience I've heard far more arguments from women against such things than for them or neutral/accepting. If or when that changes, I expect I'll change my stance on the matter.

And, in respect to those who may feel they can't express themselves due to the board rules, and KM's previous request that we step away from the broader sexism arguments, that's all I expect to say.

 

[HardcoreDandDGirl]

So, while I respect the local ladies, and their opinions, altogether in my experience I've heard far more arguments from women against such things than for them or neutral/accepting. If or when that changes, I expect I'll change my stance on the matter.

And, in respect to those who may feel they can't express themselves due to the board rules, and KM's previous request that we step away from the broader sexism arguments, that's all I expect to say.

my only question is how you framed this (informal) research... because again there is a line between dragon born being feminian and dragonborn being porn...

 

[Vic Ferrari]

my only question is how you framed this (informal) research... because again there is a line between dragon born being feminian and dragonborn being porn...

I think you should quit while you're behind, please, really, it's enough.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I think you should quit while you're behind, please, really, it's enough.

Wow in the middle of a subscription drive you want to tell people stop posting... Enworld used to be my example of a friendly board

 

[Nivenus]

It probably should be noted - since others have briefly touched on the idea - that the male members of "reptilian" races like dragonborn, lizardfolk, etc. shouldn't have mammalian genitalia either; external phalli are - more or less - like breasts a distinctly unique feature to mammals. Birds, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes all have cloaca, sometimes with an internal penis, sometimes without (this is also true of amphibians and monotreme mammals).

So yes, dragonborn shouldn't have (human) junk either if we're going by the realism argument. Which personally is fine with me but admittedly it comes up a lot less often than the breasts argument.

 

[Umbran]

my only question is how you framed this (informal) research...

An understandable question, but as I noted, I don't feel further discussion on that front is appropriate, and I don't intend to continue.