Your Gender and Preference

[Kestrel]

I haven't actually RP'd homo- or bisexual characters. Had a couple on collaborative works, might put one in solo-works but... I dunno. I don't really care about romance in most RP's so don't care about sexuality either.

[Katalysk]

Pardon me but I can't resist, You mean Edward Cullen?

Yeah, I could RP him spot-on.

Edward frantically slapped at Bella to keep her away from his face, " BUT WHUT IF I'Z DA BAD GUY, GURRRLLFRANNN?!"

[SquareEnix]

I am a guy and prefer to play the female roles and i don't know why but i seem to be better at it... Maybe because i am quite a feminine guy not to sure ^_^ And it seems so much fun (:

thats how i feel with playing male roles i guess XD though i wouldnt call myself a manly girl D:

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Yeah, I could RP him spot-on.

Edward frantically slapped at Bella to keep her away from his face, " BUT WHUT IF I'Z DA BAD GUY, GURRRLLFRANNN?!"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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I'm too girly to roleplay males...but if I did roleplay a male, he'd be the gayest little gay boy in the universe. ._.

HAHAHAHA ^ that makes me laugh

[The Nightlinker]

Hmm, as a male, I split my character gender almost evenly. However, I do have a tendency to put more thought and effort into my female characters than I do my males. This is going to come out odd, but I find females to be much more "workable" than males do. A lot of male sterotypes inadvertently come out no matter how hard you try to iron them out. I find my females can be more creative in their personalities and even appearance.

But again, I'm pretty much comfortable with both genders about equally.

[DangerClose]

Well this was a great and all around interesting thread, but I have reached my thinking quota and I am not paid to think overtime. I might appear once in a while though.

[christiannaa]

Salut. I'm a female and drift towards females, but, seeing the opinions on the first page, I agree that depicting females can become very stereotypical. Males can range more sometimes, and I'm a feminist saying this.

I think it's best for EVERYONE to vary in their choice of gender, and, yes, that includes males. Playing all of anything isn't giving yourself room to grow, so whenever the average creeps its way constantly into your criteria, maybe it's time for change.

[Clol7]

I'm a male and I tend to RP females.
I think I seem to be able to do females better, whenever I RP a guy, he seems to act more like a machine, or a robot.

[Zandan]

I tend to RP both genders equally. When I do a female character, it tends to lean towards humor while my male characters are usually serious. I have switched it up from time to time though.

[TheMammoth]

I don't RP women well. I've tried before, but it just doesn't work and it's not convincing.

Women have a bitchiness and illogical manner than I just can't nail. Not to mention a woman's complete lack of understanding on how to portray authority (sorry ladies, most women just don't know how to come off as a leader). The women I play come off too strong and sound either like lesbians or men.

No sexual joke intended, nailing them isn't the problem... lol

EDIT: A large problem with men playing women roles is they tend to become 2D characters. They either become the stereotypical "weak woman" or the "uncharacteristically strong uber-feminist representation." There is little understanding in the subtlety of pulling it of properly. Even gay men don't do it very well.

The same goes for women playing male characters. I almost always can tell because very few women can pull off authority right when writing a character. They tend to come off as bitchy or angry way to quickly and not hit the "urgency" without sounding foolish or over the top. This isn't a shot at women, it's just true. Some women can do it just fine, but the vast majority struggle. There is too much emotion involved in the character for minimal things, and women tend to do this a lot more often than men.

Not to mention the quickness with which a person jump into RP romances usually makes things easy to spot. How it's done is a clear representation of their sex. Gay men, even if they deny it, are still too forceful in their approach, and sound like a man. Women tend to make the character quick to fall in love with little reason, and sound like a woman. Men typically can't pull it off right at all and it just doesn't make sense. They can be a mixture of too forceful or just awkwardly jumped into, if you can't place it in either of the two above categories and it just doesn't 'feel' right, chances are a man typed it.

Part of this I'm sure is the nerd factor (a large portion of the RP population has probably never talked to the opposite sex at length or had a relationship :P), but it's just predisposition to mentality. Most RP'ers and writers even let themselves out in their characters, even when they're not trying to. It takes an insane amount of effort to ensure there is nothing of your mentality in a character, and typically a good bit of research into the psychology. Women will tend to play like women, men will tend to play like men. I'm willing to bet I could read most of the characters that people claim they play a good "opposite sex" and tell what they were, without checking first.

[Starstruck]

Yeah, I could RP him spot-on.

Edward frantically slapped at Bella to keep her away from his face, " BUT WHUT IF I'Z DA BAD GUY, GURRRLLFRANNN?!"

You made me utter the loudest snort I have EVER heard in a library to date.

A large problem with men playing women roles is they tend to become 2D characters. They either become the stereotypical "weak woman" or the "uncharacteristically strong uber-feminist representation." There is little understanding in the subtlety of pulling it of properly. Even gay men don't do it very well.

Although playing women isn't a problem for me, I must say that this is a good way of explaining this

I'm just sad I didn't get to vote. Yay, open poll!