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I seem to be posting a lot about comics lately...
...so here's a link to a post by Noah Berlatsky over on comiXology about bad superheroine cheesecake, titled "Adding Incompetence to Insult."
But more often, you get images like those above, where Star Sapphire's costume makes her look vulnerable, not tough…or the Marvel Divas cover, where everybody but Hellcat is making with the bedroom eyes, and the only threat is that Black Cat's costume may pinch so tightly that she actually pops apart at the waist, causing everything from the torso up to go swooshing about like a deflating balloon.
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In a related note about 'cheesecake is okay as long as the person is able to kick ass too', I was watching a few episodes of Birdy: Decode the other day and was realizing how, despite how ridiculous Birdy's costume is (http://otakureview.today.com/files/2009/03/tetsuwanbirdy.jpg), that it really didn't bug me after I saw how the series handled her character. There's definitely fanservice in the series, but, compared to the 'lol diva boobs/ass TWIST' debacle, she's downright the opposite in how she just throws herself into situations like she's Superman instead of 'LOOK AT HOW SEXY I AM *liefield twist pose*'.
This isn't an East vs. West thing, btw- Anime/manga can be downright horrible or even worse when it comes to sexism. However, when I see something that impresses me from either side of the pond, that fact alone will keep me coming back to that series for more.