/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>26859902
This is actually an interesting subject. In IRL livestock bred for consumption, males are typically castrated asap. This is because the hormones associated with male puberty sometimes affect the taste of the meat, and that taste is generally not well liked, though just what the affect is varies from animal to animal. For example, in poultry it has no noticeable affect at all. In sheep and goats, it typically just makes the flavor of the meat heavier -- preferred by some cultures and disliked by others, who find it too gamey. In pigs, it results in an almost rancid odor, referred to as "boar taint," that is universally disliked. These flavor changes don't always happen, however. Off the top of my head, for pigs I think it's something like 1 in 3 uncastrated males which end up with boar taint. Given the genetic similarity between pigs and humans (not to mention how frequently humans are described as "tastier pork" by actual cannibals), I imagine we'd likely have similar statistics. Therefore, for the purposes of consumption, I imagine male chuubas that frequently exhibit aggressive behaviors -- malding, fighting with antis, arguing with chat -- may be lower value due to the possibility of high testosterone levels affecting the flavor of the meat. Outside of that, you're probably right about them generally having leaner meat.

As an aside, if allowed to reach sexual maturity and reproduce, this dichotomy flips. Female cattle etc that have gone through pregnancy usually wind up with tougher, less tasty meat than their male counterparts.