Let me get right into it by saying that these are not men as set forth by current standards.
Now why do I say that? I say that because they are not men in the same way that MLP ponies are not men when you add a dick to them. Now why aforementioned ponies are not considered men, I don't know for sure; however, I was once told a long time ago, I think by Celestia, yet I can't /quite/ recall who said it to me, that it was the art style. To elaborate female ponies have smaller muzzles than males so they can be marked as dickgirl if the female ponies have a penis. If that is the case then why would it not be true in the above picture? For those who know Charr they would know see those are females simply by the smaller muzzles, just as those who know MLP ponies know such. Female Charr have smaller muzzles so they can be marked dickgirl.
Let me give you a few examples from our gallery just to show you that what I speak is the truth.
Male: https://e621.net/post/show/441930
Female: https://e621.net/post/show/439293
See the difference in muzzle? Even with the armor it's /very/ obvious.
Here, have a more direct example between the two: https://e621.net/post/show/442828
You can very clearly see the differences between males and females there as well, yet more directly you can see an obvious difference just by muzzle. So, in such, you can clearly see that the figures above are /female/ Charr. The /only/ difference is the inclusion of a penis.
Now if the "muzzle thing" isn't the reason for it then I question why no one disagrees that all the following examples get tagged dickgirl - https://e621.net/post/show/445853 https://e621.net/post/show/445693 https://e621.net/post/show/445599 https://e621.net/post/show/445598 https://e621.net/post/show/445292
https://e621.net/post/show/445198
Other than that one feature there is no way to tell that those mlp characters are dickgirls - even if you take them as established characters. The reason why is even as established characters they appear simply gender swapped. Charr are established characters too, so are their builds and bodies, it's very easy to tell males from females even by MLP standards of "the muzzle thing." In such the aforementioned characters really should be either genderswapped males or dickgirls in tags.
However, it seems the controversy is not from what people actually see, it's what from people know. Because people know those mlp characters are female in the show they get tagged dickgirl because that knowledge affects what people see and more people see them as such because MLP is shoved down everyone's throat these days and everyone knows about them, so instead of male equines they see female equines with dicks because they KNOW the characters are supposed to be female.
Now that kinda thing shouldn't happen, however there's no other explanation for it happening other than MLP gets special treatment. Personally, I feel that the whole "having a smaller muzzle" thing is just plain silly, yet that's the game that is currently being played so it would be hypocritical to apply it to MLP ponies, but not anywhere else it would apply.
However fewer know what female Charr actually look like and don't care to educate themselves on the matter so female Charr with dicks get tagged what people actually see, males, which by current standards set by ponies is /not/ okay. Obviously there's something funny going on here when standards shift by genre.
I hope this convinced someone those Charr should be dickgirls, or, if nothing else, convinced people that the pony examples above should be /male,/ not dickgirl. Either way would be an excellent solution to a problem.
And yes, this is a problem. When MLP ponies get special treatment just because they're everywhere and people know what is and isn't female, even when a dick is added to them, they are getting special treatment. The TWYS rules are there for a reason. They should be used in an objective and unbiased way, however as of now they're currently being used improperly. It used to be that something without any /actual/ defining female traits and a dick would be considered a male. Now MLP ponies get to avoid that for some, as of yet, unexplained or insufficiently explained reason.
Also, yes, I know this is just an edited repost of what I posted there, yet I figured it was good enough to post to the forums.
Updated by EDFDarkAngel1