I hadn't really given this much thought until I wanted to join a Wheel Of Time roleplay a while back where, as a break from the norm, in that lore women are the only ones who are able to use magic and said magic is on demi-god levels, pretty much rendering any male character a non-combatant. I felt strange and kinda sucky, but to do anything else would completely ruin the lore, I wasn't too fussed because its a rarity but it did make me start to appreciate that women must be quite limited rping as so many rps feature combat in some capacity, how far do you go before infriging on lore/history in the process?

I'm generally of the opinion that if there was at least one known example, such as women samurai or Joan of Ark, then I'm cool for it too slide for everyone, but I'm don't know if other characters making a big deal about that oddity would be annoying to the player. Where I would draw the line is that I really dislike the sterotypical fantasy warrior woman, I'm fine with the female knight being able to match the blokes blow for blow, but its breaking it for me if they're do so with the slim physique of a supermodel. I guess that is a little unfair as muscular/scarred men are generally considered attractive but I think things would get too divorced from reality otherwise.

This is all coming from a guy who doesn't like rping as the other gender, interested in what people think.