Gender/Racial Locking in 2019

[rachcouture]

It matters. The resources available to the development team are already very strained and can be better spent satisfying those who do not accuse the developers of discrimination whenever something does not go their way.

OP didn't say anything about discrimination; they asked for more options while pointing out some existing examples (male characters can already wear thongs as previously mentioned), something that makes everyone happy. Doesn't mean that it'll necessarily happen, but there's no harm in asking, either, unless someone is going to be rude about it (and they weren't in this case; it was other people that needlessly threw a fit.)

You're missing the point, anyway; if someone pays for a service, then their opinion, even if it's perhaps inane to some, is worth voicing when respectful.