Your valid reasons basically come down to:
- It doesn't follow the lore
- It makes me uncomfortable
- I don't like this type of character
- I support this kind of behavior from Square Enix.

This is not valid reasoning at all.
We have broken down the gender barriers in 2.0, and look how many people flocked to the game.
Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it should not be in the game.
I don't like the Yokai watch stuff, I never touched it.
It's as simple as that.