I always play a guy, but I'm not opposed to playing a chick character if they look better than the dude characters, which in FFXIV appears to be the case.

I don't have a problem with other people playing characters outside their gender. I've known tons of Manthras in FFXI. Like MILF says you just play what you want to play. It's just a game. What bothers me is when they get really into the role and pretend like they are girls playing girls. I've known some people in FFXI who did this and it creeped me out.