

Because I don’t want to take the storytelling power out of your hands.

Sims will NOT autonomously accept a pregnancy once they are ready to do so, it still comes to the player to decide. There are a few new interactions as well, which I won’t list for now so I’m not spoiling everything. Interactions such as counseling, birth classes, etc, as well as discussing pregnancy with partners who see it in a more happy way, all have the ability to make a Sim closer to be able to be at peace with the pregnancy in question. During pregnancy acceptance possibilities Then, if no acceptance happens during pregnancy, the baby is born as unwanted, but another process can then take place to grow to love the baby.ġ. This plays out in two ways.First, there is a process during pregnancy, which can lead to acceptance. If it is upsetting for you, and you believe I handled the topic poorly, please contact me as I would like to hear you out. This is a tough topic, and although I tried my best to remain sensitive about it, I am aware it may be of an upsetting nature to some people.

Pregnancy Acceptance Unwanted Pregnancy Acceptance Process OPTIONAL (toggled in settings) and OFF by default -– Effects After Birth + Acceptance System. This is NOT about the baby’s gender identity as of that lifestage (a baby can’t even recognize its own reflection, after all), it’s about what a parent thinks a child will be like in the future, based on what the parent assumes from the link they might make, warranted or not, between bio sex and stereotypical personality associated with gender. It is always at least a bit misguided to try to deduce a future personality from a biological sex (not all girls are going to be sweet and like barbies even if they’re cisgender), BUT it’s a thing people do regardless. A parent doesn’t care about what genitals a baby has, they care about what they assume about the child based on their biological sex – ie, they care about personality. This model incorporates an idea of personality and an idea of gender, by being formulated around expression (what the child might be like gender-wise and what that could mean for their personality).Ī baby is a baby. So, we end up with a attempt here to create a bridge. So I preferred to think about what those preferences even mean and are about, and make something from there. classic sex preferences are a historically charged topic that has caused oppression of women and b, it does not leave room for gender as a construct and can therefore be offensive. I didn’t want to do it the classic way because a. So, let’s talk about a feature which has been requested again and again and again.
