I play online games, specifically, those that offer a virtual world in which I can escape to be who I am. To be who I want to be.
In Second Life, my avatar is who I make her to be.
In MUDs, my characters are mostly female too.
But I have not found a virtual world in which I can really be who I want to be.
And so the search continues, for a virtual world in which I can be myself.