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I went through and read all of the threads you listed and I don't actually see the argument you characterized with the statement of "these kinds of books and movies is a dangerous contortion of reality and leads to the degradation of our culture and our Judeo-Christian ethics". What is did see was the objection to the portrayal of 100lb woman beating up 250lb athletic men as if it were realistic. That is why we have weight categories in professional fighting. That is a far cry from degrading our culture and ethics, it just isn't realistic and it makes it more difficult to suspend one's disbelief.

Even then you have separate super hero's from normal humans. Katniss uses a bow against people she knows would kick her butt in a straight up fight. Buffy on the other hand is a magically created hybrid designed for the specific purpose of killing vampires and the best way to do that is to appear like an harmless attractive young woman. If one can accept the premise of superheroes as a fictional construct then it doesn't matter if they are male or female as they are superhuman.