User blog comment:Commdor/Vote for ME3's Female Shepard/@comment-4048340-20110724213749/@comment-1746153-20110725113259

And if you have no choice but to play as a woman, how do you feel? Or do you purposefully avoid games with a female player character? All people are different anyway, some actually project themselves onto their Shepards, some don't, some are really pragmatic (especially in terms of morality), some want eye candy, also many people like Jennifer Hale's voice acting. I am female and straight, but I played as a Male Shepard to romance Tali because I wanted to make her happy, and I've never made a Female Shepard who'd look like me. On the other hand, I'm a former writer, so creating various characters is something that comes naturally to me.