Evangelion and the Female gender

[Defectron]

Adam didn't pull the shape-shifting crap until the brief stint as Kaworu was over. No reason to think Lilith is any different in this case.

True but just because there's not much reason to believe lillith did do that there's not much reason to believe she didn't either so it is possible.

[Reichu]

It's a plothole, Defectron! You know I speak the truth!

I think this issue must have been covered before, too... It's totally off-topic, in any case.

[Dr. Nick]

Or maybe Anno thought [otaku] anime at the time was doing a poor job at portraying females, having them being shallow secondary characters, victimized weaklings, sex objects or flawless creatures, and wanted to counteract it.

If he had an agenda like that, he made a bigger deal of it in Gunbuster. Although Gainax women are always, always sex objects.

[Operation Yashima]

One silent, stoic girl with a hint of motherliness, one abrasive redhead girl with some sort of crush on him, one drunken slob/soldier who would rather go to bed with any cute boy...hardly what I'd call harem.

You're missing three:

Shinji, obviously
Man-...*runs*
Kaw-...*runs again*

Plz don't kill me...

[Mr. Tines]

You're missing three:

Also Ritsu and Maya -- neither of whom have been spared Shinji's attentions by various fic writers.