to be clear (er) - My friends see me as female whenever I use SL viewer 2 (current version), They are using the current version of phoenix 1050 and see me as female frequently. NOT ALWAYS, but often. sometimes a TP corrects it... or not. Sometimes resetting to test avatar corrects it.. or not
So it appears the "FIX" supposedly in new versions of third party viewers, don't work or aren't there... Thanks for responding though, hope time brings new viewer versions that actually do correct this.