pathetic? no, i agree with you it's not that.
However at the same time, at no point in the game can we say MC ever presents a 'threat' to Davis or Jamal. The power dynamic is never in doubt. (I dont just mean sexually, i mean everything, violence, wealth, etc)
Hi again!
I see your point, but I think it depends rather much how we play and our own definitions. For instance, on one sharing/swinging/NTS path I play, the MC is fully capable to save Mei all alone from the kidnappers (and does so), even if you still get help from Jamal it is never in doubt that you are Mei´s number one. If you group breed Mei, the MC holds the reigns how and what happens. If you do not play him like a loser, the MC will not be a loser! It is mentioned in text and dialog that the MC gains in wealth, confidence and stuff along the way unless you go for NTR.
Another example,when you are on holiday in the Caribbean and win the wer T-shirt contest, on the yacht and later back in the hotel you can outperform Jamal in the sheets easily, if you know what you do and build up your own stats.
The power dynamic is far less clear than you estimate, the text changes are important. I think that is one reason some players do not find all paths in the game. There are scenes with the pictures nearly or the same for several path variants, but the text and dialog changes are big! Also really old saves can be problematic since they miss some variables and/or changed stat gain possibilities.
I give you the point that it can become muddled if Mei´s and your stats are smack at several different threshholds at the same time, where scenes might fire which should be on other paths.
There is few scenes with multiple penetration, but as I've said earlier, you are mostly an 'observer'.
"Wutt?"

You are mostly an observer only if you choose so! On the romance and several sharing/swinging/NTS paths the MC is involved in every sex scene unless it is specifically chosen by the MC to be just watching.