I almost guarantee there aren't children for ratings reasons.  Maybe with DA getting a pass going forward it won't be such a big deal, but any violence that could happen to children caused lots of problems, especially in Germany (and now likely Australia).  The lack of female turians was almost certainly due to not wanting to make a model for a character that had no overall plot need.

" @Bummey said:

" You know, not all alien species have such stark visible differences in gender like we humans do. Look at nearly any animal on our own planet. Without getting down and looking for their dangly bits (on those species that have visible ones), it takes specific knowledge to be able to differentiate a male from a female. "

This isn't true for most mammalian species. The higher up animals have different faces, physiques, sizes, features, and especially behaviors that separate male from female. This is obvious in cattle and deers, but if you spend enough time around cats and dogs you can tell their gender without having to reference the genitals.  That said, there's no excuse to not have female or child aliens. DO IT BIOWARE. "

There are definitely female Batarians, the first one you meet on Omega is mentioned as a woman and you can't tell their species apart by gender.  I'm not saying that all species we haven't seen women of are like this, but in the case of Elcor and Volus and such there is a good chance that some of those we've seen have been female.

There's a female Krogan on Tuchanka, by Shaman. Says she's a representative of the female clan.

I actually didn't have a problem with this. Mass Effect 2 was very much focused on the specific mission. I'd guess that Mass Effect 3 will get way into a lot of the different aliens and stuff.
 
The bigger problem I had is this: I saw no children, very few old people, and nobody is overweight. Maybe that's future technology, but it's weird.

" @jmrwacko: i would post some wrex porn here but im sure it would be banned. and the quarian thing was a typo, meant to say salarian. "

" @Apathylad said:

" Now that I think about, are there any male Asaris? "

They're an all female race.  "

This is all very hot. My hands are clammy.

There was a Krogan female at Tuchanka.

" Now that I think about, are there any male Asaris? "

" There was a Krogan female at Tuchanka. "

Spoilers: all of the aliens are actually female. 

BioWare is lazy for not including females of some races.  Also because a lot of the levels have similar crates and doors.  Also because the game is only 30 hours and not 80.  Also because Shepard can't choose to not work for Cerberus and explore an entirely different plot.  Also because they made design decisions that would result in crew members potentially dying.  Also because you can't walk around the Presidium.

I wonder how game developers force themselves to release games, because it seems nothing is ever enough for some people.

" @Apathylad said:

" Now that I think about, are there any male Asaris? "

They're an all female race.  "

The salarians are amphibian haplo-diploid egg-layers; unfertilized eggs produce males and fertilized eggs produce females. Once a year, a salarian female will lay a clutch of dozens of eggs. Social rules prevent all but a fraction from being fertilized. As a result, 90% of the species is male.

Im sure we've seen a female elcor and don't know it.  the elcor seem to be the only species other than humans that let their women out of the house. 

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                    Tali is a quarian.

                   

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" @JustTheDoctor said:

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                    Tali is a quarian.

                   

                "

Are you sure Tali is a female? "

Next game you should be able to sleep with the jellyfish people. That would get the game so much publicity.

" @XII_Sniper said:

" @Apathylad said:

" Now that I think about, are there any male Asaris? "

They're an all female race.  "

They're all gender neutral. "

We've also never seen a female yahg.

If you want to get technical, there are no female Asari either.