I feel like people didn't play the same version of Dragon Age Origins as I did and see the type of racism (against Elves), bigotry (against mages, elves, and lower classes), the marriage requirements of the human nobility or the caste system of Orzammar. They ignore how Zevran, a highly sexual nonjudgmental type has to "explain" to a female that he's bi with the anticipation that she may not accept it. I also think people overlook everything that Sten or the Arishok or even Fenris said in the other two games about the roles (and what we consider misogyny) of the Qun.
All of those things existed and were portrayed in a negative light and in many cases a challenge to the hero. They weren't like, "Wwoooooweeeee, let's revel in bigotry, baby!!!""
They showed it existed and you fought against stereotypes and other hurdles.
I certainly wouldn't mind a different world like the one of Inquisition had they started that way, but if they're going to change the Qun then say how it changed not pretend it's a clarification. If they are going to change sexual politics, maybe make it known why it changed, not pretend it always was.
That's all I'm saying. Give me a "how" to this that doesn't feel like the game writers just want to placate the fans without effort. Placate us, but do it in a way that explains how it all happened. This is like the soap opera, woke up from a bad dream method.
Zevran's caution probably has more to do with fears of real world moral guardians jumping on Bioware than anything else.
As for the rest, we see racism against elves. Not to the graphic level of what happened in the city elf origin, but we are operating mostly in noble circles, so it makes sense we might not see the worst of the abuses against elves.
I would say this game actually shows more of the marriage requirements for human nobility than Origins did. We don't go to Orzammar, so that is irrelevant.
It's quite easy to see the reasoning behind the Qun's stance, though it is clearly pretty crazy. The Qun believes only men can be warriors. Therefore, a woman who exhibits traits of warriors isn't, in the eyes of the Qun, a woman. Sten's confusion results from the Warden identifying as a woman but acting as a warrior. No good Qun following woman who acted as a warrior would see themselves as, or be seen by the Qun to be, a woman.
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