your conclusions are somewhat faulty (unless magic is involved)...
genetic traits are not expressed as a "mixing of vial A and vial B and the stronger prevails, or if they're both strong, it's stronger still!"... it's more of a "vial A looks good, we'll use it" kind of deal. look at any sex-linked genetic trait for examples... but the gist is:
if "magic" is x-linked dominant, then: any child of a female mage has a 50% chance of inheriting the trait (and being a mage), all female children of a male mage will have the trait and no male children of a male mage will have the trait
if "magic" is x-linked recessive, then: all children of a male mage and a female "mage carrier" will have a 50% chance of being a mage and 50% chance of being a carrier, all children of a male mage and a female mage will be a mage; all female children of a female mage and a male non-mage will be carriers while all male children will be mages; female children of a female carrier and a male non-mage will have a 50% chance of being a carrier while male children will have a 50% chance of being a mage. there are no male carriers (since "magic" on the part of the X that is not duplicated by the Y, it will always manifest in males)
in any case, magical "strength" is no more determined by gender than degree of color blindness... it's a case of which traits are expressed and how
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
genetic traits are not expressed as a "mixing of vial A and vial B and the stronger prevails, or if they're both strong, it's stronger still!"... it's more of a "vial A looks good, we'll use it" kind of deal. look at any sex-linked genetic trait for examples... but the gist is:
if "magic" is x-linked dominant, then: any child of a female mage has a 50% chance of inheriting the trait (and being a mage), all female children of a male mage will have the trait and no male children of a male mage will have the trait
if "magic" is x-linked recessive, then: all children of a male mage and a female "mage carrier" will have a 50% chance of being a mage and 50% chance of being a carrier, all children of a male mage and a female mage will be a mage; all female children of a female mage and a male non-mage will be carriers while all male children will be mages; female children of a female carrier and a male non-mage will have a 50% chance of being a carrier while male children will have a 50% chance of being a mage. there are no male carriers (since "magic" on the part of the X that is not duplicated by the Y, it will always manifest in males)
in any case, magical "strength" is no more determined by gender than degree of color blindness... it's a case of which traits are expressed and how
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.