The main idea hidden behind the whole female features used in the whole Fantastic Role Playing world points actually the same direction you all mentioned...
1-Most of the PC Game players are Guys? true or not? (this doesnt mean there are no females!!!) but lets say %15 is a very optimistic guess..
2-Medieval or Fantastic terms doesnt matter...femals are the representers of beauty everywhere and beauty is the delight of eyes! the design of the men human body is mostly a piece of wood in compare of a women! Any Game deserves Beauty! And if you mix the sexual instinct of men and the beauty of a women you find yourself in a very exciting environment..so if %85 gamers are Guys...at least %40 of them will find the game very attractive in terms of what i said abowe.
3-The whole Whore things, the brothels, the streets with beautiful girls, the points where you sense other emotions then normal gameplay are all meant to set up a nearly exact real life simulation, a virtual mix of emotionsource...
Can i walk the streets any time and talk to a prostitute anytime i want to?? just in my case? im married..my wife would have my head in a basket if i do so!! but in game i may do anything. And the same way works with 14 years old friends..Throwing himself into an Inn, having a beer, let say..talking to some beautys..
4- OF course Womens arnt just meant to be some architectural beauty examples who gives some different emotions through the game. There are many womens NPC s who plays many different plots in many games..but if the talk points to the matural corners of women use in games! then my opinion is, it is a better way to use beautyful womens to attract gameplay then muscular mens <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />