Wow, "Esus" - you make a pretty convincing argument, there are a lot fewer holes than in my own theory. Though some of you're own propositions are a bit speculative in nature, i guess they're at least as valid as my own argument. You rock!
I still think it would be sweet if Oddworld Inhabitants had played a bit with the whole sex/gender issue (as for "Taskmaster", you might want to look up the difference between sex and gender, as well as a bit of animal anatomy to look for obvious mammary glands on a female furry cat) , and made their main character an in cognito female.
I still think the entire de-pantsing could be interpreted as a parrallel to the people in our world who are having a hard time finding out their own gender, and perhaps hiding it from the outside world. Not unlike some of the more uncomfortable scenes in the movie "Boys don't Cry".
I'm running out of solid arguments - fast - and i believe "Esus" when he says there are more logical and obvious arguments for the Stranger being male. He looks and sounds male that's for sure. He's rough and tumble violent as well as tougher than tanned wolwark hide - but that doesn't rule out the chance that "he" is actually a she.
Just look at some of the masculine women or feminine men in our society, it can be pretty hard to distinguish the true sex on the basis of persons attitude and habits or even appearance - if a thinking rationel being WANTS to become a male, he or she finds a way.
Until i hear a confirmation or denial from a credible game designer (which is unlikely, cuz i'm not gonna lift a finger to get them to talk) i will never know for certain - though i think i'm gonna call him male.
Stay odd!
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