catwho wrote:
The issue is that most of the female stars aren't rescuing their trapped boyfriends. They are having kickass adventures, but they can't have canon boyfriends because that would ruin the male fantasy aspect.
So in order for it to not be sexist we now have to have strong, but not too strong, pretty, but not too pretty, sexy, but not too sexy female lead roles who have to be rescuing their tough boyfriends?
Personally, I think having strong female characters is enough. It eliminates the idea that the female in the game HAS to be attached in some way to a male character.
I so much prefer the Mass Effect (and Skyrim) model where you have your companions and you can choose to have a romance develop between them while having kick *** adventures where you save the world.