I don't believe that they're taking a sexist approach, but the end result does have a bit of sexism in it. I don't know if it's because of focus testing, or subconsciously written that way or whatever - but in the REmake, Jill constantly falls on her ass and gapes while Chris heroically darts off to save Rebecca, Ada wears a flowing gown and high heels, Jill seductively walks through the flames of Raccoon wearing a miniskirt and tube top in promo art. Like in terms of comparison to other video games? Resident Evil is fucking fantastic in terms of gender equality. But it's not quite ideal yet.