In character creation/RPG terms I will always play as a man. This is mostly because it helps with provoking familiarity with the character and the ability to step into their skin. Also at the same time its much rarer for men to play as men in online games so I feel special doing so. Something that always bothered me is how the animation is almost always gendered in some fashion. What makes it even more frustrating is that the animation on the 'female' models tend to be much more fluid and natural whereas the 'male' ones are much more robotic and stilted.
Another thing that draws a sort of '...really? eeeuuuughhhh...' kind of feeling is when I see sooo many men playing as big busty women/fetish/kink dolls roleplaying as lesbians or other gender minorities. If I didn't know any better, one could say that the existence of woman inherently implies some kind of instant sexual gratification. Obviously men playing as gay men does not exist, you'd be hard pressed to even find someone playing as a stereotypical flaming homosexual for laughs.
Lastly, I think the only other reason I don't play as women is because while their animations are much cooler, their sheer size or mass is lacking so playing around as some kind anorexic makes me feel sad. That is probably the only thing that the 'male' models typically have going for them is that they are always bigger or allowed to be bigger.
Another thing that draws a sort of '...really? eeeuuuughhhh...' kind of feeling is when I see sooo many men playing as big busty women/fetish/kink dolls roleplaying as lesbians or other gender minorities. If I didn't know any better, one could say that the existence of woman inherently implies some kind of instant sexual gratification. Obviously men playing as gay men does not exist, you'd be hard pressed to even find someone playing as a stereotypical flaming homosexual for laughs.
Lastly, I think the only other reason I don't play as women is because while their animations are much cooler, their sheer size or mass is lacking so playing around as some kind anorexic makes me feel sad. That is probably the only thing that the 'male' models typically have going for them is that they are always bigger or allowed to be bigger.