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Jonny2284 posted...

And what are those very, very specific reasons?

Why, when Custodes are a bespoke set of changes to each individual, could a custodes not be a woman?

For one thing, the Emperor purposely chooses men & see's them as the base for perfect super soldier specimens of war. They are not randomly chosen & are sons from Terran Nobility. The nobles essentially present their sons to the Emperor in a ceremony. The Emperor looks for the best genetically superior male babies, and then narrows it down further to the best of the best genetic males of the top 0.001%, etc. of those. Afterwards they are heavily modified at the cellular level to be "perfect" super soldiers via space alchemy by the Emperor. They are physically huge, and undergo huge amounts of muscle growth (many of them die in the process as their bodies couldn't handle the strain of the modification). They're even called The Emperor's true sons, and referred to as sons and use male pronouns.

So women custodians "always existing" is a lie.