Not only do I agree, but I think it's becoming more and more likely over time. Dialogues like the one we've been having with Allen are proof to me that the industry is listening to their fans and are heeding to the good points that some are making. Panels such as David Gaider's GDC talk from 2013 as well as Manveer Heir's GDC talk from this year are more evidence that this is something that a lot of game companies are considering. Also, if you check the GDC vault, other companies such as Ubisoft have been addressing this as well.
I think it may take a bit, but I have no doubt that we'll see that sooner than we think. I trust BioWare to continue to pioneer these ideas.
I don't know something about Gaider/other Bioware representatives talking about the representation of females in games (I think that was what the GDC talk was, right? There were also two articles about a couple of months ago) rubs me the wrong way, as it boiled down to saying how they were already doing a pretty good job at it (at least that was the claim in the articles I read. Haven't listened to the GDC talk) while I feel that Bioware isn't doing as well as they seem to think they do and many people give them credit for. I often see the first Witcher game being mentioned here as being very demeaning toward women, but I took the option of Geralt sleeping around as something that was meant in good humor, and the infamous sex cards as a substitute for a more expensive animated sex scene. I am more bothered by something abnormal as female Hawke's run in DA2 being presented as something completely normal (male Hawke did not have a silly run, so supposedly his female counterpart is meant to be serious as well?), signs that the female PC was merely an afterthought, like with Mark of the Assassin's horrendous conversion of male Hawke's party outfit for female Hawke, or female Shepard sitting with her legs wide as if she were a dude, and the cleavage obsession in DA2 and Mass Effect games. Aveline is used as an excuse for Isabela's appearance (look! Uggo woman wearing armor! See, no oversexualization here) but I'm not buying it.
I don't know, I guess it is done with good intentions and it is good that they are giving it some thought, but somehow it leaves me annoyed.
I realize this is getting off topic, so I'll try to drag it back to the romance subject. Another thing I noticed while replaying through DAO as a male Warden was the options for casual flings available to the male character. I found it funny because again it reminded me of the anti TW1 mindset while DAO is also not that innocent in that regard, although the latter does keep it a little more chaste and the flings tend to be limited to a kiss. In Redcliffe you can get a kiss from both Bella (serving girl in the tavern) and Kathlyn. The only NPC (aside from prostitutes) you can sleep with and even have a threesome (or foursome) with is female (Isabela). Meanwhile, Cullen runs away when a female mage tries to get it on. 
These examples don't really bother me. I found them rather amusing (Morrigan's reactions are funny when you kiss Bella or go with Isabela), but it does hint again at something of a double standard here. I don't recall opportunities for my female wardens to steal a kiss from a random NPC. Only Cousland gets to choose between a guy and a girl to sleep with. You can flirt with Teagan, but nothing happens.
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