Will keep my thoughts on what was revealed of Viera in another thread because this is more accurate in this one:

Been a big proponent of male Viera for years so this is disappointing, to say the least. Not just because I figured they'd learn after the bunny outfit fiasco AND the 1.0 single-gender races (thanks to my meds waking me up in the middle of the night I could catch the keynote, a friend caught how my heart sank during the trailer).

So I'll not be preordering until JP Fan Fest at the least, and if males won't be in the game, I guess I won't pre-order, period. Maybe I'll get it at launch, or maybe I won't until the static is getting ready to raid, in which case I may get it and have them carry me through the content... or not. It all depends on JP Fan Fest.

Also, I will be royally pissed if it DOES turn out that instead of male Viera we're getting a male-only bestial race, mostly because it perpetuates the stereotype of "Men can be as rugged and bestial as they want, but women have to be gorgeous" so prevalent in Fantasy (Look at Orcs, or Dwarves in most media: Male Orcs look like the Hulk with ugly faces and tusks, women look like...well, She-Hulk, an athletic model; male Dwarves are a little tin can with hair, female dwarves are short and stout valkyries with huge boobs).