Talk:Eastern Air Temple/@comment-84.30.209.223-20111031152756/@comment-3068994-20111031225950

All Air Nomads of the time could bend. Yangchen was a female Airbender, as well. But no; it's not impossible for other genders to mix together. Although as for living together such as Aang would have done; very interesting. But those were interesting times; too. Exceptions must be made for survival.

But it wasn't unheard of for other-genders to go to the other temples, Aang/others did that when acquiring their Sky Bison for example. And then also there were Bison Polo tournaments at the Northern Air Temple; and a giant Pai Sho board at the Western Air Temple where presumably they would have Pai Sho tournaments. Aang knew of this; and the "chamber of echoes"/etc, and yet that was a "female only" temple.

These monks are not required to follow letter by letter what we expect of them. They have their own lifestyle.