The people in the Bayonetta/Sexualization thread who're championing her as a dominating, confident, strong character who's very comfortable with her sexuality and unafraid of showing it, clearly don't know Kamiya that well and/or never watched/read any of his developer interviews. The guy is a giant perv and incapable of something that progressive. His intentions were far shallower. The merits are purely projected and the praise is misplaced.
There are far easier and clearer ways to create strong, independent and sexually confident women in games.