How do Japanese females view anime?

American media tends to portray females as strong willed, goal minded, intelligent people.  While anime does this as well, there tends to be an emphasis on characters driven by emotions.

How do females in Japan view representations of females in anime?  In other words, what seems "off" or "wrong" about a certain female portrayal, and what seems accurate?  What do females in Japan criticize or feel offended by with character representations. 

For example, a shy, narrow minded, ditzy girl might seem "sexist" in the US, but would simply be one of any number of personalities in anime.  Other examples include girls that are overly enthusiastic, overly emotional, overly shy, naive, innocent, hyper, etc.

Do Japanese females prefer certain types of personalities, or wish females were represented in different ways than they currently are?    

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If all, or even most, of the girls you see in anime are like that, you need to watch some better shows.

Also, if there is an average female character, and an average male character, the female SHOULDN'T be able to overpower the male - that's just realistic.  Women just naturally have smaller frames than men.  It doesn't make them bad, but it does allow men to exert their influence over them without even having to resort to physical strength - the threat is everpresent, which is what creates male dominated societies in the first place.

However, anime often doesn't show the average male or female characters, and in this case it's reasonable to expect to see strength, both physically and pychologically, in women that is equal to or greater than the men, and this is often the case.