@RamistaR:
Oda might consider women as physically weaker. So yeah they don't fight that much and are often protected by men.
Oda probably has the same kind of chivalry as Sanji. It's old school alright, but it's miles away from chauvinism.
You all seem to imply that Oda is worst in that regard than other writers. But I don't see any examples to prove that aside from Darth's Kingdom.
Unfortunately I don't know this show so I can't argue there.
I've read horrible things here about the Japanese treating women like woodlouse…as opposed to who exactly ? It's natural to consider your culture as superior, I can't blame you.
But I would definitely like to know what are the famous american or european series that are so better than One Piece at portraying women.
To your little edit there, there has been famous woman pirates, some of which were largely succesful. Ching Shih springs to mind, for example.
To your question about famous american or european series that are better at portraying women then Oda, I would start with anything written by Gail Simone. Bill Willingham does a good job sa well. Those would be first two that spring to mind, mostly because I've never been much into comics.
Out of manga industry, as I said, Kingdom. Hell, I would argue Shokugeki no Souma, if we talk about something that started recently, also has a better portrayl of women then One Piece does, ridicilous fanservice aside. Oh, and add Fullmetal Alchemist to that as well.
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@Z0R0:
I know Saul was male, I was just listing the main strong characters in those arcs, three of which were female.
Regardless, Flashback characters don't count. Oda explores everything he does not in the main series in them. You can't argue: "This character that was strong for less than ten chapters and then immediatly died to provide a motivation for a Straw Hat is a complete contr-argument to Oda not writing his females well in the main part of the series.". Because that isn't true. If anything, that just shows that the problem runs deeper, because Oda is capable, but not willing.