Disney's female leads

As a man, I am really enjoying the current trend in Disney and Pixar films having their lead character as a female. I am just wondering why that is:

I am thinking it's because female characters can much more richly developed in terms of their character: they can be strong and ambitious, but they can also be caring and sympathetic, they can stubborn and arrogant but they are also able to accept mistakes and recognise their own flaws.

I think female characters are much better at this than male ones, and the audience (or at this this audience member) finds them much more appealing and relatable, you want them to do well. It wasn't always like this of course: Disney's female characters were usually kind and caring, but didn't have that desire for adventure and that self-confidence and strength of character, as those were considered to be characteristics more befitting male characters. Now of course it's different, female characters get the best of both worlds and that really benefits the story.

Male characters suffer because writers don't seem to give them that same freedom or richness of character. They tend to be about growing up to "be a man" in the traditional sense: Your typical male lead is one who must gain confidence, skill and strength to overcome some kind of adversary, usually another male. There is less room for introspection or emotional expression...unless it's anger, that's fair game apparently. But you still don't see too many male characters crying at the end of act 2: the 'all is lost' moment.

So yes, that's why I like Disney's modern female leads: Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, Elsa, Joy, Sadness, Judy Hopps, Dory and now Moana. I am curious to wonder how young girls of today will grow up with these characters as role models.