As for my first point, I explained why it's not really an example to bring up as to the character herself being sexist. It's because the reveal that she's hiding her Gender is because that Stereotype clearly exists in there world. As a player, I don't think we were intended to go "Well yeah she should hide her gender, she's a woman!" but you're intended to Sympathize with Faris's situation. It was going out of it's way to make a point that Faris was just as capable as a man, in both a game world that unfairly views woman, and in a greater scheme a way to show that in the greater scheme of the gaming world at the time. (Of course they may not have been amazing on following up on that after this. )

Well, I guess if you as a player said "Well yeah she should hide her identy" I can see why one would think this sexist, but I think that says more about the player then the game.

Instert: Okay, I wrote out everything below this point realizing it wasn't really a response to you, but I think there is a point in it all anyway, so I'll leave it. However, as an actual response, FF VI actually leaves the most emotional based arc, at least prior to the child thing in WoR, belonged to Locke. Hell, pretty much all of his actions are a result of his emotianal attachment to Rachel. So not only were his actions very Emotional in nature, he was able to even overcome his grief and move on, regardless of all his efforts inevitably proving worthless after all these years. So he is both emotional in action, and possess a great amount of emotional strength.

In addition, there is Edgar, who chooses to shoulder the burden of the country not because if any kind of logic, but to allow his brother his freedom. Again we have a male showing signs of acting purely based on emotion, though it lacks any real semblance of Logic, or for that matter any kind of manly nature. It was purely out of his nurturing nature towards his brother. Basically, FF VI is a game that see's a lot of mixing of typical gender roles, albeit they don't completely dispense of them, and they probably could have been handled better in some instances. And as I said, we are in full agreement on the child thing with Terra.

Anyway, here is the part I wrote in without really thinking!

In response to the FF VI comments, while I understand your point, FF VI actually gave the females quite a few bits that one would not normally see given to a female character. For example, Terra was pretty much viewed as a super soldier by the empire. And not for power she would be capable of unlocking, but her power as a soldier. She was, if FF VI, The Super Soldier that all others should be like. Even today you rarely see a role like that handed to anyone but a man. You have Celes, who is a general turned traitor. Again, not often do you see the traitors among enemy females in those days, it is once again a role typically assigned to men, being 'Men of Honor and codes' and what not.

So to view in 'Aggregate' as you put it, in their own times both of these games had actually started to break away some of the Stereotypes of gaming at the time.