So according to you, being a woman means imposing a misogynistic gender role on her? It's unfortunate that you have such negative associations with the female sex. I, on the contrary, enjoy the fact that I'm a woman and I don't want to hide my feminine essence behind a mask, especially when I have chosen the "she/ her" pronouns. Or why then in the game they made it even possible to choose your pronouns, despite the fact that you're wearing a mask?
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because the gender of the mc doesn't matter to the story, and the mask is a way to let people imagine the mc however they want rather that putting restrictions on the possible appearances. the mc in your story can still be female or not, the love interest don't care either way because it isn't the focus of the darn story.