RE: Rumors & Speculation
There are a significant number of human populations that historically regarded facial hair on women (most women who have it these days wax or pluck it) as a sign of beauty. I never get the desire to assign really strict, really recent human beliefs about gender onto Pokemon. If Gardie looks like a girl to someone, it just suggests they've got a pretty uptight ideas about what makes a girl or a boy.
There are a significant number of human populations that historically regarded facial hair on women (most women who have it these days wax or pluck it) as a sign of beauty. I never get the desire to assign really strict, really recent human beliefs about gender onto Pokemon. If Gardie looks like a girl to someone, it just suggests they've got a pretty uptight ideas about what makes a girl or a boy.