Thats the truth , but later on iirc , it turns out that her instincts that the fuel supply wasn't right was correct and if she hadn't continued to work on it  cid would have been doomed, so  the point that impatient cid cancelled the flight to save her life , also saved cids life . 

Having just played through the make them tea scene , there is no evidence of tea being a euphemism for alcohol , also contrary to her article there is a reaction to cids abusive behavour but has you correctly assumed she does defend him.  

The one thing and this is a general point not aimed at anyone , I would like to point out ones acceptence of abuse for whatever reason  does in no way give the abuser absolution , but these types of poor journalism that focus on serious issues using  trivial examples do way more harm than good.

Not true. Tifa's a woman who is always drooling for Cloud and has the need to be at his side, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do anything. In other words, she needs a male figure at her side. And her stats are worse compared to the rest. So no, she's not a strong woman and she doesn't kick ass at the same time.

But was it oversexualization or just being inclusive to more body forms? :p

To claim it's just to appeal to male teens is to disregard all busty women who have existed long before silicone implants made such a figure available to all and an incredibly Sexist and derogatory view.

Unless we are saying sexually attractive people serve no purpose in society other than to make teenagers hard. As much as the author would love it, there are very attractive people in the world and they have just as much right to be represented in a game as anyone else. #hotgirlrights

Wow. If you're picking apart sexism in Final Fantasy VII, you are playing the game for the wrong reasons. 

I am sorry, I consider myself a fairly liberal person, but this is really reaching.

The author had some great points.
But ofcourse the gamergate supporters here in vgchartz will come in here and post without reading the whole article and calling the author fat etc.

Indeed. I'm just fed up of everything being torn to shreds. It was a groundbreaking game for its time. I don't get the micro analysis of every aspect of every game. Surely a black guy having a gun built into their arm would be a far more concerning character design if you were going to go down that road?

Social commentary that all black guys shoot people? That seems to be the level of logic applied to these arguments.

In the real world, men like big tits. People are pissed off at others and people get killed.
There is besides the fantasy stuff, nothing in FF7 that's not also in the real world.

Authors can write the books they want, filmmakers the movies they want and musicians the music they want.
But somehow game makers seem to not get the same freedom anymore.

But a huge amout of women loves 50 shades of grey because they secretly like to get dominated sexually by men.
But somehow there is no problem with that because a woman is the author of the book.

And Cloud dying in FF7?
Whoever wrote this article is really getting things twisted in the brain. So she want a different game.
No actually, she want a game that suites perfectly for her. She wasnts a private game for herself.

Why does this kind of dellusional stuff get so much attention, also by us here at vgc..
Unbelievable..

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You know, I've read many opinions about Final Fantasy VII. Really, a ton, the passion for this game always manage to amaze me, and I like the whole hype about it. So many fans want Aerith to stay alive, for legitimate reasons. They write texts, theory, opinions, fanfictions and so on, just for the defense of Aerith.

But, this, sir, is the worst opinion for the cause of Aerith I've ever read in my life. The worst. Without a doubt.

Sexism is still rampant on most japanese games up to this day (not that games made in the west are that much better; sometimes they are even worse).
I don't see them changing any of the things mentioned in the article, except for the part involving Shera and Cid, for it only requires some lines to be rewritten when the game is localized into other languages.