the downplaying of oda’s female characters writing sadly goes back to oda’s own perversion overshadowing his great writing skills. Bonney recently in the last arc is a prime example of him still having it like with Robin and Hancock.
People act like Nami didn’t suffer btw. That girl was young trying to get money for her village while at the same time having to play pirate for a bastard like Arlong. She deserves time to scared, angry, impulsive and making the other crew mates do the fighting.