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Counterpoint: for all of the shows where women are treated as sex objects in anime, anime is also the best and most consistent source of well written strong female characters in the modern day. American media has no idea how to write strong female characters anymore as anything other than unrealistic strawmen or literally just men with tits.
There is no western equivalent to, say, an Akemi Homura: a character that is undeniably feminine and does not have a simply reskinned male personality, but also is resolute in her convictions will fight against unbeatable odds to get what she wants even when it causes her untold suffering.