The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

[fools fated]

From reading the 9 books, im under the impression that the fool is a male. though we'll never know, and im sure thats how the author will keep it. It was ages ago i last read them, but i seem to recall that the fool, when at school as a child, was given much less respect and reverence than the white woman.
This could be due to 2 factors, the first as mentioned, that the scholars believed they already had a White. and the second, in a world where women are held in higher reguard then men, the scholars would have disreguarded the fool. (i.e. Kettricken readily took place of the kingdom without unrest from the people after decades of male rulership, Ronica Vestrit being a lead bingtow figure, the women from the rainwild rooster family are the richest in their land, plus the rainwild showing emphasis for female recruits).

But arguments exist for either gender, its nice that after reading all the books, we can still ponder so much about the story without feeling the story was unfinished.