Females can wear all the veteran reward gear, even though they belonged to male characters in their respective game.

As a female, I find myself generally preferring the male versions of certain gear (Explorer's and Highhouse gear is much nicer on guys! I would love those!), so from my standpoint as a female, it sucks. There is also the weird fact girls have way more options than guys for some reason, most due to masculine gear sets being unisex, while the feminine version is female only.

And really, we should be able to freely express ourselves with our avatars. Gender locked gear is just arbitrary.

The worst that could happen is he wears those heels better than me.