Sex and Gender - Gender Roles

Human gender roles are similar to what they are in the rest of the world. The differences occur in the other species, especially those with animal forms.

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For shifters and werecreatures, specifically those who travel in groups or packs, males are often seen as the dominant ones. Alphas are most typically brutes, though wifs can be alpha if they prove themselves strong enough. Due to their animal natures, males of any shifter or werecreature species will generally naturally take the leadership role, the hard worker role, or the hunter role. This does not mean that all shifters and werecreatures are like this. Wifs or females of the species generally take on the maternal roles or supportive roles, though they can be just as tough of fighters and hunters as the males.

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Vampires are similar to humans, however the older the vampire, the more they might have a problem with today’s freedoms. A vampire born in a time where women were to be seen, not heard, for example, may have a problem with a female vampire showing leadership capabilities. Just keep in mind the time that your vampire came from, and how they have coped with and changed with (or not changed with) the world around them.

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Fae are generally much more lax about gender roles. They see their genders as not only equals, but generally they just don’t care. They have had kings and queens as leaders in their history, and fae families generally have both the mother and father involved in the offspring’s growth unless they push their offspring off as a changling. The fae do not have the same sorts of instincts that the shifters and werecreatures have, nor do they generally have the prejudice of the humans or vampires.