That's quite possibly true - I mean you'd think that Joss of "strong female characters" fame would realise that taking the "strong" out of the equation (or making it only targeted towards soopersex) would put him on far shakier ground than making his "strong female" have the addendum of "young and hot"... But I'm very bad at playing psychologist, rather than just textual analysis.

More explicit sex = edgier. Hmm. How disappointingly Freudian.

I'll definitely agree with that one though. You've certainly done the right thing!