I love to be able to be a male character and be with a job considered "feminine" (even though I can't really see as much?).

But If it's not your cup of tea... okay then. I just don't get why you're dreading it, since it seems that you'll only level it to 80 for the mount. If it's that jarring to spend a long time playing the job, just level it through MSQ roulettes, one per day... In about a couple of weeks you'll be there with barely touching the job itself.