Knights of Tezoth

Oh right, one more thing about M/F bonuses. One funny thing that male characters are better suited for is a depressive Mikue in full plate:
1) Pick an M character
2) Put all your attribute points into Body
3) Take Renavan's Melancholy
4) Take heavy armor
As a result, you get a hulk with 30 (Body) + 25 (Mikue) + 30 (plate) + 5 (helm) + 5 (surcoat) + 5 (boots) = 100 starting defense, not counting better gear.
In the end, you get a mountain of muscle that doesn't care about spirit damage, mind control, or most standard attacks. Even if someone manages to overcome 100 defense, they'll still have to deal with the 300 health hiding behind it. At the same time, the character's resistance to status effects will be no worse than that of a Knight who put all their points into Mind. Unless the opponent is a monster themselves, or has ways to ignore defense, nobody will be able to do anything to such a tank.