What prevents me from doing the same is knowing that it IS a game and that no matter what the characters are dressed like they are just a collection of pixels.
Do you also refuse to RP?
Pixels that are meant to entertain. Pixels that represent ideas in quantifiable mechanics. Pixels that represent real personas. Just like I'm not my atoms, my characters I play are not merely their pixels.
Do you play as a female because it's more satisfying than a male character? If that's the case, how come? Just trying to see your thought process here.
Do you play a non-human race? You had no choice in being born a human any more than I had a choice to be born a male, so why should you or anyone else play a non-human if a male shouldn't play a female character?
Don't answer me, answer to yourself instead.
The reality is I play female characters for numerous reasons.
1. Growing up, I never liked any male hero figure. I was influenced by the likes of Red Sonja, Ripley, Hellcatz, Femme Fatale, and Heavy Metal 2000 from back in the day.
2. I've never seen a male character model I ever liked when I could choose between male or female.
3. I have what some consider a gender-identity disorder, but even my doctors prior to my birth at Emory thought I should've been born a female.