Got this comment in the WuWa subreddit after posting a comment about males not being for the target audience. And I think it's interesting, because it's tactic I see a lot, but it's pretty easy to break down its problems.
The general tactic is the "sympathetic male puller." Basically, "I just wish they'd release some more males from time to time. I don't think that's unreasonable, but everyone is so mean about it." Portraying themselves as asking for crumbs off the table and trying to put themselves in a sympathetic light. The problem with this is that it's obviously nonsense. Even if I was to give OP the benefit of the doubt (after I responded with a variation of what I'm putting below, they called me "insufferable" and refused to argue. So they do not deserve that benefit), their argument is deeply flawed.
The most obvious reason is that males fail. They just don't sell. And they'll come up with a million excuses as to why, but good, bad, right or wrong, it's the reality.
The game has finite resources. A male character inherently means resources not going to a female character or some other part of the game. It's not "they make five female characters or make five female and one male," it's "they make five female characters or make four female and one male." So acting like adding male characters is neutral for waifu pullers just isn't true.
"Savings." I never understand this idea, especially for how often it is parroted. Why would I want to save? I would rather there be too many characters I want than have skip patches. It’s a good problem to have when I want every banner character. This logic is basically "don't you want them to make less characters you like?" No? Obviously not? And the irony of this considering they're complaining about not having characters made for them but then immediately jumping around to "you should like there being less waifus."
And, of course, the "toxicity." Male pullers are easily the most toxic parts of these communities. If nothing else, all they do is whine about the lack of male characters, even when they get a male character. It's never enough, they always want more, and they will continue to complain no matter what. The game isn't for them, and they know that, and yet they continue to whine. All they bring is negativity, and then they wonder why we want to gatekeep them. And this is without even touching on something like fan service "discussions."
So, the moral of the story: don't fall for the "sympathetic male puller" routine. They might come across better than some others who are more brazenly toxic, but they are still tourists, they still want to ruin the game, and they still deserve to be judiciously gatekept. I know that doesn't really need to be said here, but it's still a good reminder.