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[[The Sims 4/Patch 34|Patch 34]] for ''The Sims 4'' allows players to change a Sim's gender in-game without the use of cheats or [[mod]]s, and to specify whether a given Sim is able to become pregnant regardless of the Sim's sex or gender. Prior to this, it was not possible to deliberately use normal in-game mechanics to alter any aspect of a Sim's gender, except for [[Plumbot|Plumbots]] in ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]''.<ref>In ''[[The Sims: Makin' Magic]]'', a child's gender ''may'' change if the [[Spells (The Sims: Makin' Magic)#List of charms|'''Age of Instant''']] charm backfires, but the player has no control over this.</ref> However, depending on the game, [[custom content]] or third-party [[tool]]s could be used to change a Sim's gender behavior or change the Sim's gender.
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.<ref>Technically, the change does not affect the Sim, but only that specific instance of the Sim.</ref> In ''The Sims 2'', these changes can be made in-game with the Personality Adjustor sectional of the [[InSimenator]]. They can also be made by using [[Package editor#SimPE|SimPE]] to set the "Treat as" radio button in the Overview tab of the Sim's Sim Browser data. Either way, the change will "stick" until it is reversed. In both ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'', actually changing a Sim's gender involves editing the Sim's character file with a tool such as [[SimWardrobe#SimMetamorphoser|SimMetamorphoser]]{{vgversion|TS}} or SimPE{{vgversion|TS2}}.
==Gender ambiguity==
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