According to the rules and lore of Harry Potter...?

[Mrs. Edward Cullen]

If you were a female would your patronus be a doe instead of a stag? I'm debating with my friend and keep trying to tell her that her patronus would be a doe instead of a stag but is there any proof that I'm right? Possibly quotes from JK. Rowling herself? I mean this for all animals not just deer. I ask because my friend says that the doe represents gentleness and gracefulness where as the stag represents bravery. I don't look into what the animals represent as much I'm thinking about it literally like, if your a girl your patronus would be female also. Anyway, isn't the doe the female counter part of the stag so they would have (kinda sorta') the same qualities?
Thanks to everyone who provided wonderful answers. Also, to those "Answerers" (for lack of a better term) who pointed out that Snape's patronus was a doe, nice catch! I forgot about that.

 

[Sophie]

Well, JK Rowling never mentioned this so I suppose you have free reign to make that decision for yourself. Personally I think giving females female creatures is rather cliche, as your patronus reflects one's soul and happiness. That's just my opinion though.

 

[Robert]

bad movie do not watch

 

[WoodstoveNewbie]

Not at all, the patronus is not gender specific. Snape's partonus is the Doe, just like Lily Potter's.

 

[Brandon J]

I believe that the animal summoned is not so much a representation of the caster, but a connection between the caster and what the animal represents. Though that may mean that often a female's animal would also be female, it may not be so if the caster had a stronger connection to the masculine form of that animal. For example, the stag is considered the king of the forest in some myths, and as such a protector of the forest. If the caster, female or not, felt themself more connected to what the stag represented (protection of the pure and good) than perhaps the patronus would be a stag instead of the doe. Example of this is shown that as both Harry's father and himself sought to protect themselves, to rush forward and defend those who couldn't defend themselves, and thus was their form the stag, or the king and protector of the forest.