No idea. If it was a fixed protagonist, I'm fine with it, but they allow you to create your character, name it, customise it… just only for males. Hell, if it was a resource costly game where you have to redo every armour/weapon model, animation and sync for a female model, I'd still think it's lazy, but I could have an idea of why they didn't do it with a limited budget.
In this game, your character is a 2D sprite that you only see on character creation and when you open the inventory/gear tab during the game. It'd be literally a 30-minute job to edit a decent sprite with different customization options for hairstyles and such.