If I get the option to play a game as a female protagonist, I go for it because I feel more immersed in what the character is doing.
But I wouldn't start throwing tampons at game developers for saying they want to keep the protagonist a male. Every game tells a story, and if Gears is telling that story from a man's perspective then that's cool.
Most of the protagonists in the games I grew up playing were men, it doesn't upset me. Although it is empowering/inspiring playing something like Tomb Raider, where I start to think "God, if I worked out more I could be this awesome".







