I have this idea that gender can be detirmed by the shape of the eyes. Is that a part of it, or is that just their different face shapes? I'm sorry, I can't stop wondering about the genders.
Ok here are all of the signifiers I've intended:
Males have contiguous, angular marks. Females have broken, curved marks.
Males (and all small children) have circular eyes. Females have oval-shaped eyes.
Males have angular jawlines and the tops of their heads are often flat. Females have curved jawlines and usually curved tops of heads.
Males have darker skin than females.
Males (for the most part) wear more form-fitting, active clothing in warm colors. Females (for the most part) wear more passive, larger clothing in cool colors.
Males (for the most part) are hunters and scouts. Females (for the most part) are gatherers, camp tenders, and religious figures (I should not have to emphasize that this does not reflect my personal view of how the world should work: I am portraying a fictional species and a fictional culture).
On a number of the cultural points (that is "gender," not "sex"), Vattu is obviously something of an anomaly, already!
I've been meaning to address this more explicitly outside the comic so thanks for the question. I fully intend for the gender differences of Fluters (the species in question) to be fairly opaque to the reader in the comic itself.
