You can't "lock" something that doesn't exist.

[Joven]

Jeez guys, this isn't that hard.

Genderlock simply means "you can't do X thing in our video game unless you play as Y gender"
In this case, X thing is "play Viera race"

For some reason, some people seem to think this is something that only applies to playing certain character classes, even though the term "genderlock" doesn't necessarily allude to that at all and there is more to what certain players might want to play as aside from character classes

Did you read any of the statements made by others on here or did you simply read the title and reply?

The stance against how the term "genderlock" is being used in regards to this situation is that the option for male Viera isn't provided so you aren't "locked" from playing them, they're simply not there. If they had displayed both genders and only let you play as females THEN you'd be genderlocked from them.