If the gender of the player matters then there's some IC/OOC mixing going on. I've played male and female characters going after male or female characters with male or female players. Doesn't matter. I'm not rping for any sort of emotional connection with any player (though I have made friends with players, if I don't it doesn't matter. I've rped with some people for years and we're still not much more than polite acquaintances, and some I really don't care for on a personal ooc level, but if the rp is fun the rp is fun).
