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[[File:Woman.png|thumb|A statue of a female Sim.]]

In all [[The Sims (series)|The Sims]] games, there are male and female Sims, who can generally be distinguished by their appearance. On a purely cosmetic level, females have breasts, larger hips, smaller shoulders and waist, and have lower muscle tone. Females also have smaller feet and hands, though this often goes unnoticed. Males lack breasts, have larger shoulders and smaller hips, and have higher muscle tone. [[Child]]ren and prior [[life stage]]s do not have any of these physical differences. In ''The Sims 2'' and later games, each life stage has customization features that are only present for one gender.

==Differences and similarities==

The most prominent difference is that one male Sim and one female Sim are required to create a [[baby]] through in-game interactions. Once Sims are past childhood, gender will affect their [[voice]]s. Gender-specific pronouns will often be used when describing the Sim in a pop-up or on a tag, such as those that appear for some [[career]]s, [[mood]]s, [[moodlet]]s, and [[trait]]s.

Changing a Sim's gender behavior changes things such as their voice, which gendered doors they can use, and any gender-specific animations they may have, but does not actually change the Sim. It does, however, generally change how other Sims treat that Sim. In ''The Sims'', such changes require the use of a hacked object, and are limited to the specific lot they are made on; the Sim's behavior will return to normal as soon as they go to another lot. In ''The Sims 2'', these changes can be made in-game with the Personality Adjustor sectional of the [[InSimenator]], or they can be made with [[SimPE]], and will "stick" until they are reversed.

==Gender ambiguity==