# Does Sexing Prostitutes in New Vegas Change Anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 3, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809 "2010-12-03T14:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/1 "2010-12-03T14:47:36Z")
So, I sexed all three of Pretty Sarah’s prostitutes and also Fisto. Other than being out some caps, does this do anything with respect to gameplay? Does it change character statistics or karma and I just didn’t notice? Some of the dialog options are rather hilarious, but I don’t know that they were necessarily worth caps that could have gone towards weapons, ammo, or meds. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/2 "2010-12-03T14:51:47Z")
…“sexing”? Anyways, no, I don’t believe so. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/3 "2010-12-03T15:07:50Z")
Nope, prostitutes are there just for the flavor of New Vegas. I thought it was hilarious the man-whore in the Pretty Sara’s building (I forget what it’s called) refused service to my female character. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/4 "2010-12-03T16:02:48Z")
Well, it lets you know whether you’re dealing with boy prostitutes or girl prostitutes. I’d think that would be generally obvious without having to [sex](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexing) them, though. Has the result of the nukes reduced sexual dimorphism in humans in the Fallout universe? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/5 "2010-12-03T16:23:33Z")
Reminds me of Steve Irwin sticking his finger up the cloaca of a crocodile. “Blimey, this ripper’s a sheila!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/6 "2010-12-03T21:04:07Z")
Did he at least buy her dinner first? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/7 "2010-12-03T21:41:33Z")
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Are you chasing down these prostitutes, determining whether they’re male or female, and then tagging and releasing them back into the wild? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/8 "2010-12-04T12:26:52Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Are you chasing down these prostitutes, determining whether they’re male or female, and then tagging and releasing them back into the wild? 😃 Well, there is that one quest starting in Vault 21 where you get to release them into the wild … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/9 "2010-12-04T13:35:35Z")
Doesn’t it give you the “well rested” buff? i know banging the chick from the vault on the strip does. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/10 "2010-12-04T13:41:22Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Has the result of the nukes reduced sexual dimorphism in humans in the Fallout universe? Or increased it? “Boy, girl, boy, boy, something, something, a different something, girl, girl…” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sexing-prostitutes-in-new-vegas-change-anything/562809/11 "2010-12-04T15:56:28Z")
Hmm…with more than 2 forms that wouldn’t be dimorphism any more…sexual polymorphism? (Sounds like a really kinky D&D spell…)