Capcom's Gender Fight with UK Media Outlet

"Her thesis is that, "Don’t let this answer satisfy you. Capcom wrote the plot. There’s no reason why it had to write a plot that excluded female characters..."

There's no reason not to either, talk about getting your knickers in a twist over nothing, and they wonder why no one ever takes them seriously.

So should we also be up in arms that Tomb Raider didn't include an option to play as a male character?

It's up to the creator to decide if it's a story with the option of a main character, not winging journos.