I'm not sure we should be considering any sexualization to be overly sexualized.
It...doesn't matter if you are not sure if we should be considering any sexualization to be overly sexualized because no one is actually doing that.
Which is the same problem as the post referenced.
Take the OP's example. 'Sex exists' is not the problem with Minthara. In a vacuum. Since it is not in a vacuum you have the situation where Minthara is non-negotiable with losing a TON of actual game content and her own companion specific content was bugged to hell and back on release and still feels incomplete.
But her sex scene was not only intact from the beginning, but is the most explicit bar none and is only available if you actively help her raid the grove, instead of not interfering.
Which means that the issue is not 'sex exists.'
The issue becomes 'this...looks an AWFUL LOT like the developers decided that hot Drow sex is the 'reward' for an evil playthrough instead of quest content.'
This is one example, of many, that reveals where the priorities were to the active detriment of the game.
Argue THAT.
Not 'sex exists.'
Your argument still seems to boil down to "Sex exists"
Your problem with Minthara is that "Sex exists" and has been a functioning feature of her path.
Which is still hardly "Overly sexualized" it's at best mismanagement of resources. IF we consider the notion that the team that works on gameplay elements is the same team that works on dialogue and sex scenes.
It's also hardly the "Reward for an evil playthrough" since you can do an evil playthrough and... Not romance Minthara. It's again, only an optional piece of content for that playthrough, not the end-all-be-all of such a run.
There's plenty on offer for evil playthroughs. Many interesting unique items are only available in evil runs. The way the story plays out in later acts is different when the Tieflings don't survive and if you side with the Absolute...
Person A made a million dollars last month.
Person B says: Person A made a million dollars last month while all their employees don't have a living wage.
Does Person B's argument "boil down to" Person A made a million dollars last month.
