Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25139993-20190203234056/@comment-995426-20190204123539

Actually, Sugilita, I can think of a possibility that is perhaps slightly more likely: All four of the Turtles being female. Yet another possibility is that the Turtles' species has no obvious secondary sexual characteristics, so any of the Turtles could be any birth sex, but there could just no perceptible gender differences between them; if they all seem masculine, they could be raised as sons even if some are female. I, for one, have no categorical objection to female Turtles, including those with secondary sexual characteristics, but I think Venus was an extremely poor execution of this concept. If women characters are to be sexualized, it is more respectful to sexualize them in a realistic manner and not in such a way that treats them primarily as objects to be displayed or prizes to be won.