There's a lot of (female) journos and influencers mad because the game sexualizes a lot of more women than men, and I don't get it.
In my view the key dichotomy of the Cyberpunk genre has always been the contrast between a very technologically advanced society vs a putrid society in terms of principles and morality. In such society, no matter how much it was in a dystopian future, there would be sexism, racism and other types of discrimination. So the fact that there are many more sexualized women in commercials or in the form of prostitutes in the game fits the setting and theme after all. In the same way there will be racism, for example, the inhabitants of Night city rejecting those of the outer desert. I understand that if you are a woman or if you are someone who likes men, you can raise an eyebrow when you see that practically all sexual content is aimed at a male and heterosexual audience (And with money) ... but I think that is the goal. Showing an extremely corrupt and rotten society, in which there is voracious consumerism and all kinds of discriminations encouraged by megacorporations that are only interested in their own benefit and control. To show that despite the fact that a lot of progress has been made in terms technology, there has been even more backwardness in other issues. The future does not mean getting better for the mere fact of being the future. As Mike Pondsmith said, "Cyberpunk is a warning, not an aspiration."
