This may be settled already, but there are a lot of reasons people might play the 'other' gender in RPG's. The most obvious, stated above, is that it doesn't matter. It's not a dating game. It's not being deceptive. It's not a sign of gender confusion or experimentation. It may signify something for some people, but that's not a brush we should paint broadly with.
I've played male, female, and non-gendered characters in all kinds of RPGs. Just about every game other than GW has races too. Does that say anything about you if you don't play a human? It shouldn't. None of us have human identity confusion
It surprised me that my younger sister played a hulking Tauren warrior (minotaur thing) in WoW. Why? Who knows. Given the wide range of choices, that's just what was most appealing to play for her. She wasn't really roleplaying either, so she didn't have a deeper character in mind, like some who roleplay alternate genders. She was disappointed, however, when she learned that if she picked the female Tauren, she'd be able to do the Riverdance lol. Oh well. [img]smile.gif[/img]