First off, and off topic a bit, but never is everyone all the same thing. There are many Dianic pagans and witches who do not work with any male presenting deities, but there are just as many who do. But beyond that, as a human being I have the power of choice. And here's the thing. I am a woman, a cisgendered woman (meaning I was born female and still identify as such). Going to Dianic ritual once or twice a month allows me to connect with my inner divine feminine.
Regardless of how many male presenting deities I have in my life (at the time of this writing, I have 2 male presenting deities in my life, if you're interested), I am still a woman and I have every right to be able to celebrate that. I have every right to work with female deities when I feel the need. I have every right to work with Blood Mysteries when they call to me. I can dedicate full years of my life to goddesses. I am a woman, and I have every right to work with female energies to my heart's content.
By that same token, I am a human being with the power of choice. If I want to work with male deities I can do this too. I am the only one who can say that it is not right for me to work with deities based up on whatever quality of them turns me off of them.
It is a very healthy thing, in my opinion, to have a varied personal practice. To experience and experiment with different types of practices, deities from different [open] cultures, different types of rituals, rituals in different locations and so forth. Not only does this keep you learning and experiencing, it helps you grow as a person as well as in your spirituality. If we do the same thing all the time we don't grow, we stagnate and this can cause not only personal ruts in our lives but it will leave us with an inability to cope, an inability to grow and we will hold on to all sorts of baggage from our past experiences.
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