Perhaps, perhaps, but then again having more female characters throughout various media, to the point where "action girl" is no longer a trope worthy of note due to commonality, that would make a change for the better. That and with gender restrictions no longer confirmed one way or another it opens up more potential. Better group dynamics and such. And now to prevent this from becoming another discussion on gender and such: Yes definitely to 4, and for 5, have it get deep, totally! But keep it from locking new people from the continuity maybe? Perhaps some discussion as to how to prevent that, get a best of both worlds kind of deal?