They are all women in the manual, unless different manuals are printed, then every in game picture is of a female. Unlike children, I have good recognition and observations.
To prove such, I will list the pages, their numbers and what the picture is of so others can verify.
Page 7: Shows female character, an Asian portrait, fighting mining droids on Peragus, and yes it is a Female, facial structure and basic observation makes it clear as day.
Page 9: Shows female, blond with short hair portrait on the equipment screen (I will call her Exile 1)
Page 10: Exile 1 portrait shown on the item screen
Page 11: Exile 1 portrait and full body front, verifiying that Exile 1 is in fact a Female character
Page 12: Exile 1 portrait on the Learned Force powers page and on the Character Select page
Page 13: Shows female portrait, Blond, with hair up in the journal screen
Page 14: Shows female portrait, Blond with hair up in the map screen
Page 16: Exile 1 portrait in the Skills screen
Page 18: Exile 1 portrait in the Feats screen
Page 20: Exile 1 full body and protrait on Peragus fighting a mining droid
Page 24: Exile 1 close up to verifty further that it is in fact a Female
Page 29: Exile 1, shown on the Ebon Hawk in front of the work bench, holding 2 swords, the portrait looks a little bright, but it can be clearly made out as Exile 1
Page 30: Exile 1 in front of a lab station
So to say it again, every in game picture in the game manual that shows the Exile, it is a female Exile.
This may have varied for non US versions, but I find it hard to believe that most legitimate US versions would be different.
So again, did anyone notice this prior to the official announcement?