Talk:Peridot/@comment-26922031-20150906155040/@comment-5057483-20150909015602

Gray, gems are pretty much a no gender race. There is no opposite gender because gender doesn't exist for their species. Pearl did say that gems are basically "Holograms with mass" that are projected from their gems as physical, humanoid forms. Because they choose to have humanoid forms as defaults, they have to choose between one of the human gender body structures. The reasons why they choose the female body structure is unknown but my theory is that the female body is actually easier for them to use in combat because of the smaller proportions. Another more likely theory could be the first humans gems met were females.