print "Please choose your hero"
sex = raw_input("(M)ale or (F)emale: ")
if sex = "M":
    print "A young and adventerous lad out to save the world!"
else:
    print "Look out Lara Croft, there is a new show in town"
 
print "_"*100
print " "
print "Now for your body build"
body = raw_input("Are you (S)lim, (A)verage, (M)uscular, or (H)eavy")
 
if body = "S":
    print "Thin and wiry, your a willow in the wind"

if sex = "M", "m"
                        ["M", "m"]
                        {"M", "m"}
                         ["M":"m"]

if sex="M" or "m"

if sex == "M":

if sex.lower() == "m":

print "Please choose your hero"
sex = raw_input("(M)ale or (F)emale: ")
if sex = "M" or "m":
    print "A young and adventerous lad out to save the world!"
else:
    print "Look out Lara Croft, there is a new show in town"
 
print "_"*100
print " "
print "Now for your body build"
body = raw_input("Are you (S)lim, (A)verage, (M)uscular, or (H)eavy: ")
 
if body == "S" or "s":
    print "Thin and wiry, your a willow in the wind"
elif body == "A" or "a":
    print "You could pass by him and never notice him, or his gun."
elif body == "M" or "m":
    print "Tall and hulking, you wouldnt want to run into him in a dark alley"
else: 
    print "Hey, big people need love too!"

literal_list = [ ["Please choose your hero", "(M)ale or (F)emale: "],
                 ["Now for your body build", "Are you (S)lim, (A)verage, (M)uscular, or (H)eavy: "]]
##           dictionary key=M+0 is necessary because you also use M for Muscular
##           The zero relates to the zero element of literal_list=Male
##           M+1 is the "1" element of literal_list=Muscular
answer_dic ={"M0":"A young and adventerous lad out to save the world!",
             "F0":"Look out Lara Croft, there is a new show in town",
             "S1":"Thin and wiry, your (you're) a willow in the wind",
             "A1":"You could pass by him and never notice him, or his gun.",
             "M1":"Tall and hulking, you wouldnt want to run into him in a dark alley",
             "H1":"Hey, big people need love too!"}
 
j=0
stop=len(literal_list)
while j < stop:
   print "j =", j     ## for testing
   print literal_list[j][0]
   answer = raw_input(literal_list[j][1])
   key = answer.upper() + str(j)
   print "the key is", answer.upper(), str(j), key   # to see what is going on
   if key in answer_dic:
      print answer_dic[key], "\n"
      j += 1
   else:
      print answer, "is not a correct response...try again"

if sex == "M" or "m":

if sex == "M" or sex == "m":

if sex in ["M", "m"]: