User blog comment:Alexander C. Miles/Numerous Controversies/@comment-3046679-20140618190706/@comment-5219323-20140621021049

I don't quite know he devs reasons for including this unsubstantiated excuse for the lack of a female player, but I'm a hundred percent sure that with the backlash Ubisoft as faced because of this, they are bound to include a playable female character in the future.