I think The Bureau made a mistake by making XCOM faithful to the era with misogyny, xenophobia, nationalist paranoia. XCOM should be a place reflecting current sensibilities where every player can see themselves represented, while the outside world can represent the bigotry. Yeah, okay, I get the message, the USA in the 60s was bad. But that doesn't mean all the agents have to look the same. There's a female action hero in the tutorial mission who is grounded the moment we arrive at the base for no reason.