On the other topic, yeah, there's some bad stuff like that in anime that's become more predominant in recent years, which is another reason I haven't gotten more into the genre. Fortunately I've also seen enough of the stuff that's not like that to be able to look past that, but I can see how your mom might not see things that way. BTW, on Ranma, I've noticed that's kind of a theme in Kung Fu movies, too. I saw one Jet Li did where the villain was a male sorceror who, in order to get near a rival to assassinate them, turned himself into a female; but then he ended up falling in love with his rival! It made for some interesting plot twists--it was kind of influenced by some of the gender humor in Shakespeare's comedies (Jet Li actually borrows a lot from Shakespeare in his Chinese movies)--but I can see how that motif might get carried away in anime.