Most women I knew in WoW played Night Elves, and that was especially true for the ones playing hunters who would then complete the old meme just to collect "cute" pets, normally a cat.

My first gf literally mained a NElf hunter from Vanilla to Wrath retail, although she was adamant about playing as Survival instead of any other spec which would actually do damage 🙄

Horde wise was similar but with Blood Elves.