Advice from a former player to anyone already playing or thinking of plunging into WoW, male, female, or otherwise: don't. Do something else. Please. The rewards of the game are either intangible or impermenent; the treasure is obviously not real but even sense of accomplishment is quickly forgotten when you realize you just spent a week trying to get a sword made of pixels, and they just came out with a slightly better sword that's going to take another week to get, and that they're just going to string you along like this forever.
The social aspect of the game is secondary. Real life tends to serve that need better anyway. (I realize the article on this page is about a woman finding a partner through WoW. Good on her, but she's the exception rather than the rule; make no mistake, this game destroys more relationships than it builds, with family, friends, everyone.) Even if you don't play to the point of addiction, even if you're "well adjusted" and indulge responsibly, any benefit you can claim to get from this game is bested by something in real life that yields real results.
The alternative? Take heed of the ever increasing droves who spend their free time hiding in fantasy worlds and go shape the real world, the only world that matters, to your will while legions of "gamers" bravely dare to accomplish squat. If after two years have passed, you've learned a new language, created a social circle that you interact with face-to-face and volunteered in your community while your peers are still playing WoW, you've left one of the more useless portions of humanity in your dust.
Or just call me mean and retreat back into pretend land, won't hurt my feelings.
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