fixed gender is fine by you?

Well good for you. Ok- lets have the fixed gender as FEMALE.

How about that? Is that ok with you? Or is what you mean your ok with fixed gender as long as its a man?

The main enemy being a woman does NOT make up for the lack of female lead if they do indeed go that route.

So how about being ok with a CHOICE of gender- then everybody is happy and it surely has NO down side -

beyond extra dev time/cost but that is true of the many hundreds of games that stil do it anyway. You DO get more sales if you offer potential buyers more stuff they may want.