we couldn't care less where a character's "plumbing" is. Outside or inside doesn't matter. There are physical and/or mental traits more commonly found in one gender or the other, but as with so much else, such is not exclusive. The only way we can think of right now to incorrectly portray a gendered character is to have a thin, waiflike female character lift cars with the same ease as she would lift a book without any supernatural or technological aid to explain how. But that's not really specific to a female either, though average strength is quite often a little lower in female characters on account of average body mass being lower.

Two characters can be virtually identical in background, appearance and personality, yet have completely different genders. Or they can have the same gender and virtually nothing else in common. Granted, in a general population, the individuals of one gender who have a majority of the physical traits normally considered to belong to the other are fairly rare.

To support theories of people above, we can also mention that we have come across players who thought they knew better than character authors how a character ought to behave and react to a situation. Suffice to say, the ones owning the characters generally do not agree with the kind of person that "know better". That kind of player generally doesn't accept being told "no" when they try to rectify play style, so we personally lean towards the fault not being on your end, [@helenedwards].