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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7659740" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>Do you know the occurance rate for Herms and genetic Intersexuals? It totals out to about 0.35%... It would be remarkable if any of the staff there were perceptably non-binary. </p><p></p><p>The rules themselves leave out a number of other perceptually binary issues: Gender of character, handedness, beardedness ...</p><p></p><p>Handedness isn't binary, even tho people treat it that way. Some are Left, some are Right, some are Mixed Dominant, some are ambidextrous, and some are mirrored quasi-ambidextrous (directional tasks learned with one hand can only be done with the other in reverse direction). Further still, some people learn certain tasks off-handed, but never learn those tasks for the dominant hand (especially shooting skills).</p><p></p><p>And then eye dominance... most people have one dominant eye; Others have dysfunctions resulting in split dominance by focus range or by light level. (I've one acquaintance who is functionally color sighted, but only in one eye; the other is only in B&W... in dim light, he functions with the B&W eye only... which happens to match his dominant hand.)</p><p></p><p>Beards likewise. Aside from Elves and Dwarves, who have implied beardedness (Elves no, Dwarves yes), the game makes little assumption about facial hare, and doesn't even put a spot on the sheet for it. And yet, it was an issue in several of the inspirational appendix N stories. And I've several female acquaintances with significant facial hair, so it's not like bearded ladies are all that uncommon. </p><p></p><p>Really, it's the Gender-issues-unmentioned edition. Fine by me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7659740, member: 6779310"] Do you know the occurance rate for Herms and genetic Intersexuals? It totals out to about 0.35%... It would be remarkable if any of the staff there were perceptably non-binary. The rules themselves leave out a number of other perceptually binary issues: Gender of character, handedness, beardedness ... Handedness isn't binary, even tho people treat it that way. Some are Left, some are Right, some are Mixed Dominant, some are ambidextrous, and some are mirrored quasi-ambidextrous (directional tasks learned with one hand can only be done with the other in reverse direction). Further still, some people learn certain tasks off-handed, but never learn those tasks for the dominant hand (especially shooting skills). And then eye dominance... most people have one dominant eye; Others have dysfunctions resulting in split dominance by focus range or by light level. (I've one acquaintance who is functionally color sighted, but only in one eye; the other is only in B&W... in dim light, he functions with the B&W eye only... which happens to match his dominant hand.) Beards likewise. Aside from Elves and Dwarves, who have implied beardedness (Elves no, Dwarves yes), the game makes little assumption about facial hare, and doesn't even put a spot on the sheet for it. And yet, it was an issue in several of the inspirational appendix N stories. And I've several female acquaintances with significant facial hair, so it's not like bearded ladies are all that uncommon. Really, it's the Gender-issues-unmentioned edition. Fine by me. [/QUOTE]
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