It doesn't matter which gender I play as. Unless the female has a major disadvantage to the male, I will usually go with the male character. Though, this does remind me of a quick story. I was playing LoTRO with my female elf character that I started, and early into the game, some dude elf PMed me and asked if I had a game bf, and being confused about this question, I said "yes." Lucky for me, he left me alone afterward.