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<blockquote data-quote="jaded" data-source="post: 4166363" data-attributes="member: 1269">I don't have the article handy, but I've read that size/strength differences between the sexes strongly correlates to a speices preference for bigamy/monogamy.Speices that maintain multiple female partners per male (historacally speaking) lead to bigger and stronger males and relatively smaller and slighter females on average. As one poster noted earlier, this has a lot to do with competetion and selection. We can tell from the current physical size difference between men and women that humans have been mildly bigamous during our evolution.Whereas speices that choose a single mating partner for life have very little or no relative difference between the sexes in size and strength.I think it could be an interesting excerise to explore as a fantasy culture in a campaign. Much of this relates to culture in modern times. One of the reasons I love roleplaying is to sample these kind of different-from-the-norm ideas.Trying to quantify nebulous things, such as &quot;social intelligence&quot; just seems like a can of worms to me.I don't think all this worth statting out as system mechanical bonuses/pernalties though. I'd agree with the points that (a) the system is not granular enough and (b) the tools already exist for a player to stress those differences, or perhaps more importantly, break the stereotype if they wish.Imposing arbitrary and perceived limits from the &quot;real world&quot; restricts players in a fashion I wouldn't be interested in doing. I don't find it offensive, just... mostly meaningless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaded, post: 4166363, member: 1269"] I don't have the article handy, but I've read that size/strength differences between the sexes strongly correlates to a speices preference for bigamy/monogamy. Speices that maintain multiple female partners per male (historacally speaking) lead to bigger and stronger males and relatively smaller and slighter females on average. As one poster noted earlier, this has a lot to do with competetion and selection. We can tell from the current physical size difference between men and women that humans have been mildly bigamous during our evolution. Whereas speices that choose a single mating partner for life have very little or no relative difference between the sexes in size and strength. I think it could be an interesting excerise to explore as a fantasy culture in a campaign. Much of this relates to culture in modern times. One of the reasons I love roleplaying is to sample these kind of different-from-the-norm ideas. Trying to quantify nebulous things, such as "social intelligence" just seems like a can of worms to me. I don't think all this worth statting out as system mechanical bonuses/pernalties though. I'd agree with the points that (a) the system is not granular enough and (b) the tools already exist for a player to stress those differences, or perhaps more importantly, break the stereotype if they wish. Imposing arbitrary and perceived limits from the "real world" restricts players in a fashion I wouldn't be interested in doing. I don't find it offensive, just... mostly meaningless. [/QUOTE]

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