Being (or if you prefer, identifying as) male has some definite upsides :-)

Yeah. We can get away with a lot more, and won't be looked down on per se for "not being pretty". I expect it's rather a different set of lenses that people put on, looking at guys.

Although it's rather easier to be prejudged as dangerous if you're a guy -- wear comfortable (and by extension scruffy) clothes, and people will give you an extra half meter or so of personal space... same goes if you're Asian and wear a beard, like me...