"But, if you object on her behalf, why are you having her twiddle her thumbs while you send him off to have fun?"

Exactly. In terms of hypocrisy, it's not very different from the "Oh, Slash is *so* feminist because there are no women to be abused!" Or "There's always going to be inequality when there's a woman and a man involved, so I stick with slash." And honestly? I very much doubt that these people would bother with gen fic about the so awesome female characters that they're above being shipped with anyone in canon.

I mean, I would almost rather read a secret about how someone slashes because they find female characters boring. But this new obsession fandom has developed with wanting to sound feminist while hating on the female characters just makes me want to pull my hair out.

And in the bigger picture? Elevating a female character to this status where she is totally above everyone is as problematic as demeaning the character because either way, you're taking her out of the realm of the normal and adding to her otherness. Like media doesn't do that enough for us.