When the game came out in 2003 oct, I wanted to be a mithra for the stats, I wanted to be a thief, and as you can see I did end up becoming a thief. However I went hume because I didn't want to play as a female character.
Looking back it was a bad decision, while a character in a MMORPG is reflection of yourself, it's only a game. There are plenty on female characters I like in video games after all: Samus, The one from perfect dark(joanna),Sheik/zelda, Tifa, Yuna, Garnet.
This isn't to say I'm unsatisfied with my hume, still get a few more str and vit which benefited me on my thf ( normal hits, helps contribuate to my future sharkbite WS, better for farming ), war,drk,sam,ninja(in some ways), and small ways in other jobs. Alot more chr which benefited me since I went into bard, something I never originally intended.
In future games however, I won't think twice about going as a female character if I can get something I couldn't get with a male that I desired such as X stats or X ability.
And thinking about it, I'd probably won't be offeneded being called a she if I played a female character. There was a point when I was younger when I would, but it just doesn't seem importent anymore.