Tangentially, is it me, or are all the pure-class thieves in the game female?
Yes. And that includes all the ones I designed myself.
Incidentally, this is the game where my name comes from. Avilan the Grey was my first mage / thief (modded to have the mage clothing. Grey, of course). He went all the way through BGII as well.
Blizzard Battletag: UnderDog#21677
Shepard: "Wrex! Do we have mawsign?"
Wrex: "Shepard, we have mawsign the likes of which even Reapers have never seen!"