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As pointed out, it would definitely have to be a player's choice because of rage. Default should remain opposite genders though in my opinion.
I think they did this to have a way for the player to be able to choose their gender but also have that aspect fit completely into the game's world so to speak. I can see your point of wanting to change it for yourself. In fact, before I knew any better, I tried too haha but I think it was for the best and very creative to do it how they did it.
My only gripe being that, while realistic to do it how they did it, I would have liked the Ryder twins to had been the same height. Split the difference and made them both 5' 9" or so rather than him being 6 foot everything and her being 5 foot nothing.
And yes, I'm exaggerating... a lot.