Monstress are currently all female variant of infected under Nyarlan Hotep they are all driven by intense positive emotions and feelings they don't want to eat others they simply want to capture them in a hug and make a hyper romantic roller coaster of acts a Monstress is able to speak but they speak simply often compared to Herc to fantasy orcs or ogres especially to DND bugbears a Monstress if rejected hits her chest and tries to grab object of her adoration to make them love her.