Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-174.131.124.91-20141202182050/@comment-3250527-20150316033255

66.31.82.115 wrote:

at least until Kayaba changed everyone's avatar.

Hence, "force players use gender same as their real world body."

Apparently, if you have read 16.5 (and I know you've read 16.5), going over long periods of time without your manthing would end in massive discomfort. Those G.I.R.L.s you saw in Episode 1? They don't last very long.

Then again, the canonity of 16.5 has been highly contested on this Wiki, and since I stand on the "no they didn't" side, my claim is only here for illustrative purposes.