So I had a biologically male toddler sim age up with very feminine features and a "girl" hairstyle (It was a custom hair the shows up under both genders). Anyways, I know the game allows users to customize gender features so I turned on full edit mode and went to change the kids clothing preference to feminine so I wouldn't have to keep changing the default clothing type and was surprised to see it wasn't available until teen. Give how supportive this game seems to be of the LBGT community I was surprised that they would limit this feature. Does anyone know of a mode or a cheat (I was already using cas.fulleditmode) that will allow this to be changed on a child?

I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?Seesin8 (CC)

"Seesin8;c-17446757" wrote:I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?Seesin8 (CC)Children don't even know how to spell gender yet, why confuse them by throwing these options at them? lol P.S. I am part of the LGBTQ community but do not believe that we should encourage children one way or the other. Let them grow up and figure it out for themselves and support their decision. We're all born with a gender so of course toddlers and infants are going to have them too. :) Having said that, is it possible without using the cas.fulleditmode (or whatever it is) to change the pregnancy options in YA and Adults? If not, it definitely should be. I've never tried because I think men should only ever get pregnant by alien women. It's just more natural that way. lol

In fairness, the OP simply asked about what was possible in their video game, not for a socio-political discussion about the matter as it pertains to society at large.

It's still a bit of a hassle, but I'd just remove gender from fashion choice entirely (that is, remove the masculine tag) because there's a fair amount of children's clothing that appears on both lists - without opening the game and checking, I think the bulk of children's clothing (and toddlers) tagged masculine are also tagged feminine, so simply removing the masculine tag from filters should be enough.Now, I play on PC, where it's a simple matter to close out tags (just click on the x), so I don't know if this is significantly faster than changing preferences every time on console.

I would say just remember to change the setting when they age up to teen and dress them as you like until then.

Gender Options not Available to Children

15 Replies

CynthiaCorrea08
5 years ago
I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?

Seesin8 (CC)
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
"Seesin8;c-17446757" wrote:
I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?

Seesin8 (CC)

Children don't even know how to spell gender yet, why confuse them by throwing these options at them? lol

P.S. I am part of the LGBTQ community but do not believe that we should encourage children one way or the other. Let them grow up and figure it out for themselves and support their decision. We're all born with a gender so of course toddlers and infants are going to have them too. :)

Having said that, is it possible without using the cas.fulleditmode (or whatever it is) to change the pregnancy options in YA and Adults? If not, it definitely should be. I've never tried because I think men should only ever get pregnant by alien women. It's just more natural that way. lol
Dannakyri
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
"Seesin8;c-17446757" wrote:
I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?

Seesin8 (CC)

I was specifically addressing the "child" age, not the "toddler " age.
Dannakyri
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
"PenguinFoop;c-17446767" wrote:
"Seesin8;c-17446757" wrote:
I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?

Seesin8 (CC)

Children don't even know how to spell gender yet, why confuse them by throwing these options at them? lol

P.S. I am part of the LGBTQ community but do not believe that we should encourage children one way or the other. Let them grow up and figure it out for themselves and support their decision. We're all born with a gender so of course toddlers and infants are going to have them too. :)

Having said that, is it possible without using the cas.fulleditmode (or whatever it is) to change the pregnancy options in YA and Adults? If not, it definitely should be. I've never tried because I think men should only ever get pregnant by alien women. It's just more natural that way. lol

MCC commander actually had a mod that lets pretty much any two sims who get together to make a baby if they want to. I normally keep that on just in case I want two people to have a baby who normally biologically couldn't.
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I'm confident that you can find a mod to do just that if that's what you're after.
ValiantRedKnight
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Isn’t the clothing preference setting just for stuff like career uniforms? I don’t think it has any effect on the cas filters.
Huiiie_17
5 years ago
You could age them up to teen, change the gender settings as you like, go back into the game, go into cas fulledit mode again, age them down to child again and see if that worked
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
"Dannakyri1;c-17447002" wrote:
"Seesin8;c-17446757" wrote:
I don't think we should impose gender on toddlers. Isn't that part of the problem anyways?

Seesin8 (CC)

I was specifically addressing the "child" age, not the "toddler " age.

Yes, I understand that. That's why I said that children can't even spell gender. lol Basically saying that during pregnancy the gender is assigned just like in real life and even children don't really understand it until they reach puberty, ie become teens. So their gender has been assigned naturally, just like in life.

Unless what you're saying is that after they leave the toddler age behind and become children that their gender mysteriously disappears and they get to chose their own? What a responsibility to place on a person that still doesn't even know how to spell gender.

Having said that, there is an interesting documentary that I watched many years ago that addressed a condition that is literally called "Boy at 11" in which a specific village that I believe is in South America has over the last several generations seen some of their daughters seem to spontaneously turn into their sons at around 11 (when puberty starts to kick in). It's an interesting documentary and if you do a search for "Boy at 11" you'll find stories about it.

"QueenMercy;c-17447026" wrote:
Isn’t the clothing preference setting just for stuff like career uniforms? I don’t think it has any effect on the cas filters.

On console it affects all clothing choices. So it does affect the filters by basically setting the "Fashion Choice" accordingly.
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
In fairness, the OP simply asked about what was possible in their video game, not for a socio-political discussion about the matter as it pertains to society at large.
PenguinFoop
5 years ago
"OEII1001;c-17447058" wrote:
In fairness, the OP simply asked about what was possible in their video game, not for a socio-political discussion about the matter as it pertains to society at large.

This is true. :) Thanks for bringing it back on topic. <3