we did not say that the avatar is the main problem, it is just increasing your chances of being a target for these kind of people. Some will look for the females names even if there are no avatars there. I don't know, but I was having Dante before from 'Devil May Cry' game as an avatar and I got a PM from someone, thinking that the guy with the Grey hair was a woman. I just ignored him and he forget about it, guess he was busy with someone else ...