Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-6078851-20150620150822

my mistake on the male/female ratio - it was one of those pieces of info that i thought everyone knew but turns out to be bulls**t :P  i'm somewhat surprised to find out it's almost 1 to 1.

female astartes would be just as prone, and capable, of violence as male astartes. the astartes process is an insane level of genetic manipulation and amongst other things i would imagine that female astartes would be sterile, like males, and would have no need for menstruation, and as such a female astartes process would probably remove things like overies and womb.

but yes, there is a degree of sexism, chauvanism, and maybe even some misoginy, on this site, but it's understandable when some users are simply juvenile boys (unfortunately many 'adult' males are still juvenile boys :P). although the fact that 40k was created in the 80's still has a bearing on the supposed 'weaker sex' dispostion of females within 40k - the sisters of battle didn't appear until what, the late 90's? my remark that female astartes wouldn't measure up to males was only referring to their respective physicality.