I love roleplaying. I've been doing so my entire life. I know some of the rules. I know what my character will do for the next round of combat. If you offer me a handout, I'll create a running narrative. It'll crack you up.
My DMing style: Sandbox with heavy roleplaying. I'll create the narrative but will allow you to explore it as you desire. I don't like divas. I don't like murder hobos. I don't like rules mongers. I want to keep the action and/or role playing moving and hate it when players need to break immersion when quoting rules. I read backstories. if you make them a peck on the surface, I will fill them in. You WILL meet people from your backstory. If you don't give me a backstory then you WILL meet people from the backstory that I create for you.
I prefer female players. I like guys just fine, but women have a stronger sense of roleplaying from what I've seen. I'm not saying that guys don't roleplay or that all women do, but I've only met a few women that build their character around doing combat and nothing else.