Which to that I’d say women have been able to “get behind male protagonists” for decades now.
I think choice is fun, for some games, but some games like the Witcher tell a specific narrative, and it makes sense that they are tailored for a specific character, and I think we all know the sort of abuse that Ciri is going to see in the world of the Witcher.
I think of any gender has trouble “identifying” with a character of another gender that’s 100% a them issue, they need to figure out why they have such a problem with it, because that says more about them then it does game makers. (I know not you, the original person).
Seriously all it says to me is that you’re insecure with yourself if you can’t even play a fictional fantasy game as a woman.
If she chooses to do it, who cares. As long as she wasn’t forced or pressured into it I really don’t care, it’s 100% a you problem.
After all, maybe all those problems you prattled off are because people like you demonize these people so much. Maybe if they were accepted more they wouldn’t have those horrible rates. Ever think about that? That posts like this directly cause those rates to go up?