I was going to start a new thread titled "When it comes to female characters, are we forgetting about the female gaze?", but i think this thread covers most of it. The reason for my thread was Suzi's (The Sphere Hunter) review on RE4R's Seperate Ways DLC. In the review, she's constantly gushing how attractive Ada is and who can blame her since Ada looks fucking hot in the remake. Even to the point where i think she'd bang Ada if she could.
My point is, women love to see attractive female characters too. And, most women in order to be polite, woud say MJ in SM 2 looks pretty. But, 9 times out of 10 would probably choose a more good looking/sexier female character over the average ones we're getting in western media.
And, don't get me wrong. I'm okay with female characters looking average and female characters being attractive/sexy. But, what i'm not a fan of is each extreme. The answer is in the middle. We can have both.