Have to agree with Virumor that a lot of it does depend on setting. Man in loincloth, woman in bikini is at least consistent, so no problem there.
But - like the rest of you - I find the old 'chainmail bikini' to be ludicrous in a pseudo-medieval setting. I prefer my female characters to look like they are actually armoured to survive, not out looking for customers in the local red light district.
Magic can excuse a lot, but why on Earth would any self respecting female character look at the local male Paladin in head to toe steel plate and say, "Nah. That wouldn't show off my boobs. Or my belly. Or my legs! I want something that makes it REALLY easy to hit every vulnerable spot I have!"
I know they are alternate universes, but I can't imagine any feasible world quite THAT alternate!
