Other side of the spectrum, why is it such a big deal that they'd have to play a male character? Seems to me it'd be more sixist to include female characters since 90% of them are going to have male players, all dressed as close to bare-bottom as the game itself allows. Furthermore, you'd see no heavy female characters, you have my word on that, they'll all be lights or mediums including the ones played by actual women.

This seems to me like just a feminist craze, an assumption that because they weren't included in the game they were intentionally excluded, which simply isn't true! The developing team would have to adapt a totally different style of characterization or else all female characters, like male characters, would look like abhorrent mingers (huge chins and noses, incredibly narrow faces), and then you'd complain again because it'd be a commentary on how looks are important to women- and if they'd all make them drop-dead gorgeous they'd complain that it's shallow and sixist.

It's. Not. Important.

I'd rather not simply because dividing options leaves less for one side. Hell, they can make a female-only Brink and I won't give a peep. But don't ask me to ditch half of what I was promised so some women can fight their adorable little equality struggle (read: receive advantages just for being female).

Although I agree that female models are not needed in Brink as most other FPSs do not include them, your statement is pure speculation and you have no proof or facts to support such a claim. Yes, it can be done and with Microsoft adding an extra gig of memory to every disc it would be possible to add as a feature in Brink 2.