If I have a choice, I choose female much of the time, because I don't enjoy staring at a male ass all day.
I'll play a specifically male player when the game calls for it, and it doesn't weird me out at all. In fact, I've got no problem with male character models in general... except that they're usually REALLY buff...
I'm not 'turning' anything sexual, it just sounds like the grunt of pain is needlessly sexual. It doesn't need to sound like the guy's getting a rough blowjob when he gets hit by an arrow
I don't know ANYBODY that sounds even remotely like that when they get injured.
I've got nothing against playing as a male character, I just prefer a female character for a variety of reasons. The ass comment just came to mind first.
Another reason is this: Male builds are usually heavily muscled and large, I prefer stealth in a video-game and female builds are almost always lithe and graceful perfect for stealth.
Yet another reason would be: It's easy to role-play as someone close to yourself. When you have to play as an entirely different gender, it's much harder.
I don't always adopt the role of the character I play, but when I do, I would prefer that it be as different from me as humanly possible, because that takes skill that basically 'being yourself' doesn't.
Any less confused by this point? Or is there something else in my post that requires the services of a psychiatrist?