Presentation Styles (Gender)

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Avali Presentation Styles (Gender)

Avali do not have gender in the same ways that humans do, and there are no ties to sexual organs. Differences between individual avali in a pack can be varied, and presentation or "gender" differences does not tend to effect how avali or packs are treated in society at large, though they can have a usually superficial effect on interpersonal relationships between individuals.

Avali do have a loose categorization for presentation styles, very much based on how much presentation and personality traits demand attention. While presentation styles vary widely, visual presentation can be "loud" - demanding attention with bright or irridescant colors, loud jewelry for example - or it can be "quiet," being more subdued. Personality can also be "loud" or "quiet" - demanding or shrinking from attention in the same way.

These two qualities can be mixed for any type of categorization purposes, quiet presentation and loud personality are possible, as well as vice versa. Presentation and personality obviously go deeper than these traits, but the general words to express these things are the closest analog to gender that avali have. These traits do not tend to inform a pack's position in society or an individual's standing within interpersonal relationships.

TODO: expand on styles, art of examples