Don't ditch the male protagonists, just start making good, new designs.
Every male character design is just way too similar, mid-length messy hair, red or blue primary colour, and samey silhouette.
Compare the BW protagonists to XY. The women look completely different, boots vs sneakers, denim shorts vs skirt, different t-shirt styles. They look like different characters with different tastes. Meanwhile you could swap the two male characters entirely and nothing would change.
I don't like the gen 8 protag, but he was different enough to care about. I think LA is actually pretty good, since he at least has a different hat shape and silhouette, along with a different damn colour.
Wes and Michael stand out, where as every other male protagonist other than maybe RSE is just copying Red.