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This is a real life issue with some fish, most notably sharks, that are oviviparous or viviparous, and they do have organs through which males can inseminate females that look and work much the way their mammal counterparts do. I don\'t think the problem is necessarily that mer-people in fictitious depictions should lack such organs. The real problem is that they are depicted as naked below waist without their naughty parts, analogous to the way cartoon animals are shown lacking the same organs. Couldn\'t anyone draw mer-people with their versions of pants or skirts? It seems that some of the older depictions of mermaids do feature them wearing mermaid dresses that cover the appropriate parts.
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This is a real life issue with some fish, most notably sharks, that are oviviparous or viviparous, and they do have organs through which males can inseminate females that look and work much the way their mammal counterparts do (even if they might have totally different origins). I don\\\'t think the problem is necessarily that mer-people in fictitious depictions should lack such organs. The real problem is that they are depicted as naked below waist without their naughty parts, analogous to the way cartoon animals are shown lacking the same organs. Couldn\\\'t anyone draw mer-people with their versions of pants or skirts? It seems that some of the older depictions of mermaids do feature them wearing mermaid dresses that cover the appropriate parts.
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I definitely agree with that. I wish it had been better explained.
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I understand the confusion. I wish it had been explained better, as well. Frankly, I\\\'m not surprised anyone is confused about it.
