I play both. I never understand why people will get upset when female characters are playable in game, I think it is interesting to play from female view. If you are a male and worried about playing as female then I think you have some insecurity about that.
For me it is if the game is open world but most of the map is not walkable, like in AC you can scale most anything but in some games that are 'open world' this is made impossible.