User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 365: Fairy in the Jail!, Review and Commentary/@comment-4449950-20131230024638/@comment-7418318-20131230185459

The gender seperation in regards to fanservice and ripped clothes is less prominent in Fairy Tail than other series.

In FT Natsu's clothes get ripped often enough too (unless he stripps them off before the fight). Erza's wearing armor, which naturally wouldn't rip easily and Gray isn't wearing enough clothes to have anything ripped without ending up completely naked. Juvia's clothes are protected by her water-body ability and Wendy's probably too young for Mashima to dare giving her clothes the same rough treatment.

Come to think of it: Why do people complain each time a woman is shown in underwear or naked, but just take Gray's stripping in their stride without calling bloody hell over too much fanservice?

Seriously, the character who was most often shown in underwear or completely naked in FT is not Lucy, it's Gray! And yet people only complain about Lucy and never say a word about Gray. How come?