This has been a really interesting thread, and not one person has complained about 'moaning feminists' or said that they like seeing 'hot poses' in comics or anything even remotely like that so good on all of ya's, you do sadly still usually see a lot of that sort of stuff in sci-fi/fantasy discussions...
*** Mentally prepares to get flamed ***
That might be because a lot of sci-fi and fantasy fans don't really talk to women much
In my own WIP, MOST of the protagonists are women (its an ensemble piece with about 8 major characters, and only two are men, and one of them aint' all that important)...
ONE of my female characters is a bitch, but that's not because she's a woman, that's because she's just a bitch, and she's not the strong Amazon type either (she slaps a few of her subordinates from time to time but she never has a 'fight' with anyone)... None of the main female characters are weak girly types though...
Hardest problem I've got is trying to not turn the women into sex objects and make all the 'woman in it together' thing seem accidentally sapphic, made all the more difficult by the fact the central storyline focuses on the formation of a sex-cult and the leaders of it are preying on prostitutes, and pretty girls from children's homes they can turn into new ones, to fill their ranks (which, is what a lot of REAL cults actually do, I've researched it)...
Jammill