@MacabreFoxWell, I do happen to be a guy xP I'm in the minority! It's so rare it's a celebratory thing! .
And I'm quite the opposite... I most play female characters (opposite in the way that I don't RP my own gender). Primarily because I think it's more entertaining that way. A lot more variations of character possibilities, if you ask me. If you RP a man, I kind of feel smothered, as it's almost always expected that said character has to be either some macho dude, or similar. Not a lot of things you can do, if you ask me.
But as a female character... There are so many possibilities. From the Damsel in Distress to the Badass Princess, to the Tomboy Princess... Thjere are a lot of variations of female characters, imo. More so than men, at least.