STOP Genderlocking Cosmetics!!

[Kolsykol]

I find it ridiculous and offensive (but not surprising) that all of their effort has gone to making bras and panties wearable for men, while putting comparatively little time into allowing female characters to wear male clothing.

We all know why this is, and it's nonsense.

Wat.
What are you talking about lol.
What '' bras and panties ''?
The closest thing is the 2B legs and it's meant to be a leotard but is just a separate piece.

Female gear in the game is already significantly more varied than it is for male characters, it's not an actual problem for female characters at all just because some gear is different on female characters doesn't change this it's just a fact if you actually look at the gear in the game.
Adding more feminine or skimpy gear to male characters actually adds more variety to male characters, adding more pants and shirts to female characters wouldn't it'd be more of the same and what like 95% of the gear is.

And when we got stuff like the Noctis outfit it was the same for female characters there's not a conspiracy here as you seem to be implying.
There are people who want to wear feminine or skimpy outfits, it tends to more often than not lean towards female characters ( for women who play the game too btw ).
Probably a lot of reasons why there's a lot of stigma towards men being seen as sexual and showing off in a way more aimed at gay men and women but I fail to see why SE giving people who want that options is a problem.
Female characters already have all kinds of options at their disposal.

Or maybe it's nonsense that my catgirl cant wear the miquote male shorts. Would that destroy the matrix and ruin the game?

The real reason is that male to female is hilariously over represented and nobody cares about female to male. Square wont get any virtue points for pandering to them.

For this very obvious reason, I can assure you male bunny suits and panties will always be priority number one. I'm sure it's a coincidence that Male Bunny's (uwu) were finished in time for Endwalker, and half of the people i know who play the game DIDNT EVEN KNOW they were adding female Hrothgar Soon(TM)

You're reading so much into it based on very specific examples and your own feelings about not getting what you want in a particular case.