D&D 5E Inappropriate breasts on female monsters

[Vic Ferrari]

of course you can, when you make up a race you can choose...

…to…?

 

[Thaumaturge]

I want to know why I am not represented in pictures of male fantasy figures. I, like 1 in every 18 other males on the planet, have a condition known as polythelia. I feel that this lack of realistic character art is discriminatory and illogical.

Maybe you're represented in all of the pictures of males wearing shirts.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Thaumaturge]

…to…?

...not...?

...Thaumaturge...

 

[Vic Ferrari]

Re: Sup

...not...?

...Thaumaturge...

Not, what…?

...Vic Ferrari...

 

[ThirdWizard]

The ire is recognition of our casual sexism.

Calling it "political correctness" is dismissive. I submit that recognizing our casual sexism is *actual* correctness.

However, when something and its counterpart both have good arguments for and against it being sexist, I think the only reasonable thing to do is to assume good faith and move on.

But now we have the can't choose not to.

One way or the other, a decision has to be made. If it was the opposite decision, then people would just as reasonably argue they can't choose to. So, the point is moot.

 

[Vic Ferrari]

One way or the other, a decision has to be made. If it was the opposite decision, then people would just as reasonably argue they can't choose to. So, the point is moot.

What point?

 

[ThirdWizard]

What point?

I guess that it matters one way or the other.

 

[Dausuul]

I just realized why dragonboobs bug me: It's because I hate all the dragonborn art. The males and the females are equally awful. Cartoony, blobby, fake-looking things. I've got no problem with female minotaurs having breasts. Shardminds, I don't know enough about to care.

That said, I do think there are cases where the females of a PC race should not have breasts. The example a lot of people have brought up is thri-kreen. Whatever you may think of the merits of dragonboobs, I have yet to see anyone arguing in favor of mantisboobs.

(Oh, and a note: Just because something suckles young doesn't mean it has breasts. Ever rubbed a female cat's tummy? Most mammals have mammary glands and nipples, but very few have big pads of fatty tissue underneath. In fact, it's something of a question why human women have them.)

 

[Vic Ferrari]

I guess that it matters one way or the other.

Which way or the other?

 

[ThirdWizard]

Which way or the other?

Isn't this whole thread about with or without breasts? What is the third option?