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The Andorian and Aenar species have four distinct sexes and a union between all four sexes, an act known as the ''shelthreth'', is required for procreation. Two of the genders, thaan and chan appear what humans would approximately call masculine, and the other two genders, zhen and shen, appear what humans would approximately call feminine. Most Andorians and Aenar accept the terms "male" and "female", and the commonly associated gendered pronouns, while dealing with species who more closely identify as primarily binary gendered out of a desire to not get involved in a discussion of gender and reproduction.
The Andorian and Aenar species have four distinct sexes and a union between all four, an act known as the ''shelthreth'', is required for procreation. Thaan and chan are treated by outsiders as masculine, and zhen and shen as feminine. Most Andorians and Aenar tolerate this, and the associated gendered pronouns in languages that use them, while dealing with species who identify as primarily binary gendered out of a desire to not get involved in a discussion on gender and reproduction. Chan and shen can sometimes be difficult to tell apart, often viewed as androgynous, and will accept or even prefer gender neutral pronouns when a language has them in addition to gendered pronouns.


== Biological Sex and Reproduction ==
== Biological Sex and Reproduction ==
In the primary Andorian language, the distinctions are as follows:
Andorians require the participation of four sexes to produce offspring; many bonds are arranged in the last 24th and early 25th centuries to ensure the best genetic matches, and reproduction is often assisted by use of a psychoactive substance called saf. The thaan and chan first produce a diplotic sperm, which the chan delivers to the shen to fertilize her egg. The produces a triploidic zygote, which is then implanted in the zhen's utermine sac to go through gestation.
* ''zhen'' - This sex roughly corresponds to female, and is the sex of the Andorian who will carry the zygote to term.
* ''shen'' - This sex also roughly corresponds to female and is where all Andorian life originates. Although the ''zhen'' carries the infant, the child begins as gametes from the ''shen''.
* ''chan'' - This sex roughly corresponds to male.
* ''thaan'' - This sex also roughly corresponds to male.
 
=== Reproductive process ===
The gametes of each "male" sex contain one quarter of the number of chromosomes necessary to produce offspring. During the conception of an Andorian child, the ''thaan'' fertilizes a ''shen'''s egg with his gamete. The ''chan'' then also fertilizes the egg. This produces a fertilized egg that develops into a zygote. The ''shen'' then transfers the zygote to the ''zhen'''s pouch, where it develops into an embryo. The Andorian fetus is incubated and nourished to term in the ''zhen'''s pouch. The ''zhen'' does not contribute genetically to offspring.


=== Name prefixes ===
=== Name prefixes ===
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== Meta ==
== Meta ==
Selected information acquired from [http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Andorian_genders Andorian genders] on [http://memory-beta.wikia.com Memory Beta]. Aspects are modified in an attempt to be more gender inclusive in nonrecognition of the complexity of human gender beyond binary. The history section is left out entirely, due to it's frequent back and forth nature that does nothing to add value to the species.
The original draft of this entry was based upon [http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Andorian_genders Andorian genders] with modifications to improve gender inclusivity. The history section is left out due to the complicated, and often contradictory nature, that is often the result of materials coming from soft canon. The underlying biological process has been tweaked to be a little more realistic upon the advice of Sirius.


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Latest revision as of 11:35, 11 May 2023

The Andorian and Aenar species have four distinct sexes and a union between all four, an act known as the shelthreth, is required for procreation. Thaan and chan are treated by outsiders as masculine, and zhen and shen as feminine. Most Andorians and Aenar tolerate this, and the associated gendered pronouns in languages that use them, while dealing with species who identify as primarily binary gendered out of a desire to not get involved in a discussion on gender and reproduction. Chan and shen can sometimes be difficult to tell apart, often viewed as androgynous, and will accept or even prefer gender neutral pronouns when a language has them in addition to gendered pronouns.

Biological Sex and Reproduction

Andorians require the participation of four sexes to produce offspring; many bonds are arranged in the last 24th and early 25th centuries to ensure the best genetic matches, and reproduction is often assisted by use of a psychoactive substance called saf. The thaan and chan first produce a diplotic sperm, which the chan delivers to the shen to fertilize her egg. The produces a triploidic zygote, which is then implanted in the zhen's utermine sac to go through gestation.

Name prefixes

In some Andorian linguistic traditions, Andorians have name prefixes which indicate which of the four genders they are. The prefixes thus encountered are as follows.

  • Zhen - zh' (eg. Shathrissia zh'Cheen, Charivretha zh'Thane)
  • Shen - sh' (eg. Pava Ek'Noor sh'Aqabaa, Avaranthi sh'Rothress)
  • Chan - ch' (eg. Thirishar ch'Thane, Thanashal ch'Shonnas)
  • Thaan - th' (eg. Thelianaresth th'Vorothishria, Shelerib th'Zharath)

Polite form of address: Zha, Sha, Cha, Tha. Bondmate: zh'yi, sh'za, ch'te, th'se. Parent: zhavey, shreya, charan, thavan. Offspring: zhei, shei, chei, thei. Sibling: zhi, shi, chi, thi. Parent by marriage: zhadi, shidei, chada, thadu. Child by marriage: zhri'za, shri'za, chri'ze, thri'ze.

Meta

The original draft of this entry was based upon Andorian genders with modifications to improve gender inclusivity. The history section is left out due to the complicated, and often contradictory nature, that is often the result of materials coming from soft canon. The underlying biological process has been tweaked to be a little more realistic upon the advice of Sirius.

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