The huge gulf between fem Ryder and Male Ryder [quality of acting]

Hi, I'm slightly late to the party so apologies if this has been discussed umpteen dozen times.

Anyway, I began playing this game last week and after initially rolling a male Ryder, I found the entire experience off putting. He sounds like a complete douche as the Americans like to say. Virtually every moment of those initial 3 hours were painful to sit through. So much so, I considered binning the game and moving on.  But it's Mass Effect, so decided to re roll a fem Ryder and wow, the jump in quality is night and day.  She doesn't come off as being a douche, she's actually funny when it comes to delivering her sarcastic and satire lines. Some genuine laugh out loud moments.

Kind of reminds me of the dilemma I had when I first played Sunset Overdrive on the xbone.  The male protagonist sounded like he had jumped straight from an 80's/90's Bill and Ted film.  It was awful.  Hated it then, hate it now.  Then I switched over to the female protagonist and like this game, the difference was night and day.  Turned out to be one of the most enjoyable games I've played on any platform this gen.

So yeah, I'm I overreacting here?  I prefer rolling male protagonists given the option, but sometimes the quality of the acting simply doesn't make it a viable choice.  Other than that, currently liking the game.