I have always been for females being equally represented in the game, one main reason being I have many female friends who serve in different branch's whom I know in real life or made friends with over games, every time they play ARMA like Memphis's wife they bravely run around as men but always wish they could play a female, when I found the linked mod they were excited but now with ARMA 3 and the lack of woman they are again braving male characters, sure we go back to playing ARMA 2 from time to time but with reformates and ARMA 3 being newer re installing ARMA 2 isn't always a though in our mind.
I don't have a comment for anything I have read as far as reactions against this goes I simply support it for the reason(s) stated above, heck even I jump in as a female from time to time sense my friends brave playing males why shouldn't I return the respect and patience and do the same, plus its fun from time to time :)