Man points

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Buffy is an ensemble show that happens to have a (barely attractive) chick in the starring role. It was created, exec produced, written and directed by a man. It's target audience was men, particularly geeky men. It's why I said if you think Buffy is a chick show, then so is Firefly, which is another Whedon show that has tons of strong female characters. And as a bonus the women on Firefly were a hell of a lot hotter than on Buffy.

The funny thing is Angel was probably more of a chick show than Buffy.