I made male characters during the alpha and beta, and I didn't like how they looked. So I made all three of my characters female, and if you ask me why it simple answer, I just like the way they look and having my character being a strong female killing the shit out of vex, cabal, fallen, and hive is just a -blam!-ing awesome thing to me. Plus I'm comfortable with my sexuality to make and play with female characters, I will be doing the same thing in Dragon Age: Inquisition, Oh I will be making a dude also since you know have to get all the romance scenes.