Nerfing Thor (Goddess of Thunder) is sexist

[Don]

For those of you who still play MPQ, Thor (Goddess of Thunder) was nerfed and now I'm seeing a lot of posts made by what I'm quite sure are bunch of guys saying that this is a slap in the face in woman's rights because she was the first top tier female character in the game. And I thought I've heard of everything regarding nerfs! That's like saying nerfing Chun Li in Street Fighter is sexist. Wait, did something like that ever happen? Eric?

As an aside, I always found this 'Thor must be a title' deal to be pretty stupid. It's up there with King Arthur being a girl in Fate Stay Night and I can at least kind of get why they did that because Fate is meant to be porn and there aren't enough big name legendary heroines, but I don't know why Marvel went that way. I don't even have very strong feelings for Marvel stuff in general, but Thor not being a guy just seems... wrong...

[Eric]

That's like saying nerfing Chun Li in Street Fighter is sexist. Wait, did something like that ever happen? Eric?

I can safely say no! Many female fighting characters have held high spots in the tiers and never been touched! Chun-Li in 3rd Strike, Queen B in Darkstalkers, Morrigan in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3! Additionally they have been nerfed Chun-Li is awful in SFIV and it's never been a sexist thing.

Poison has however raised a social debate from time to time, Ono even gave her higher stamina then every other female in the game(No female tax, zing!)

[Don]

Come to think of it, virtually every MMORPG I know of has male/female with identical stats, even though I think female characters should have a stat handicap to offset their increased ability to get loot! I remember one game in China requires you to send in verification that you're indeed female for creating a female avatar.

It's also pointed out to me that this travesty occurred in March, the women's history month!

[Julius Seeker]

Fighting games sexist? Never heard of it!

In order for Chun Li to be strong, she has to transform into a man.

[Don]

Hmmm, on the same forum I just saw a post about how Star-Lord's power buffs all colors but black and is clearly racist, and I don't think these guys are trying to be funny. At least, I sure can't tell if it's supposed to be funny.