Note that women characters in D&D did, at certain points in the evolution of the rules, did have modifications so that their stats differed from male characters

Note that women characters in D&D did, at certain points in the evolution of the rules, did have modifications so that their stats differed from male characters. https://medium.com/@increment/the-first-female-gamers-c784fbe3ff37 https://medium.com/@increment/the-first-female-gamers-c784fb... (this is a long but fascinating article)