Re: sexual dimorphism( was: So-called Alternative Lifestyles)

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Don't know about the Meghean-speakers. I don't even know if homosexuality
> occurs
> > among them, but since sexual dimorphism is less pronounced among them than
> among
> > humans, it would seem likely.
>
> What do you mean by "sexual dimorphism is less pronounced among them"?
> Does it refer to secondary gender characteristics?
"Sexual dimorphism" refers to anatomical differences between the sexes,
particularly ones not directly related to sexual functions.

In this case, the chief difference as compared to humans is that elven females
are on average only marginally smaller and weaker than males, and have what
human males might characterize as a disappointing lack of curves. Elves of both
sexes are decidedly thinly built by human standards. Their average height is
about the same as that for men in neighbouring human communities.

                                                         Andreas

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