This happens in a lot of games, and has been asked many times. Some girls play as male characters, but the guys get the attention on this one. It comes down to many possible reasons that differ from person to person. Most of the time, you'll get the usual "I'd rather look at a girl's ass all day than a guy's", or just simply "bewbs", though that only applies to Destiny a fraction of the time, since it's mostly first person. It doesn't always have to be in some perverted manner, female characters may just look more appealing compared male characters for that person, which is understandable. Also, I'm sure there are girls out there who also like looking at buff dudes all day, I know one who enjoys Football for this reason. Sometimes, you do get the guys who may pretend to be a girl, and who play without mics. If they don't exactly state that they're a girl, they may just kind of let you believe it. Either way, it's usually for more attention. On the girls side of this phenomenon, some have been known to play as male characters to avoid attention from males, or so they aren't treated as a girl, and more like "one of the guys". Yes, most guys are aware there are girl gamers out there, but they still usually treat them differently than other guys. This happens in reality a decent amount of the time too. After those two, it comes down to more complex stuff that depend on the person. For this I'll just explain my own stance. In any game where I can choose the gender of my character and have the option of making multiple characters, I usually like to strike a balance between them (with a slight bias towards female characters), depending on what kind of character I'm creating. In Destiny, I have my male Exo Titan, my main character who I modeled after my main in the Beta. Who punches many things and thinks of little else. I really like feeling that this character is the one I embody the most. I admit though, female Titans look awesome, but I don't see too many. Since I have my Exo Male Titan, I thought I'd make my new Hunter a female to balance things out. In addition to this variety I strive for in my characters, I also like strong female characters in video games and media. So, I enjoy my character being a girl who kicks ass and doesn't take shit. This is where my female character bias comes in, and why usually 2/3rds of my characters in games are female. The biggest exception to this, for me, is any game where relationships are a big point, in which case I find it difficult to play as a female since I REALLY like to get into my character in those games. Examples would be Mass Effect or other Bioware RPGs, Persona 3 (though Female Protagonist is actually awesome so far, talking to people feels weird), or Bethesda RPGs. Bethesda RPGs are less about relationships, but something about it makes me flip the bias and 2/3rds of my characters are male rather than female. I just really like to be myself in those games, rather than role-playing. So, TL;DR People are weird. Some are perverts (girls not necessarily excluded), some do it to seek/avoid attention. Some people just like females characters better in terms of aesthetics (looks/fashion), some guys like to play as a variety of characters in their games or like strong women.