Just saw your comment on Blackmoon's page, and I thank you for debating more civilly than the other two.
Unfortunately, Byakuya bailing out Rukia is nothing but the latest in a long list of examples where a female gets sidelined by a male.
- Mashiro is about to kill Wonderweiss, when her mask randomly shatters and she's left helpless. Kensei takes over
- Nel is about to kill Nnoitrawhen she randomly gets depowered and Kenpachi has to take over
- Unohana, who is one of the best fighters in the series, does nothing but get fed to Kenpachi to make him stronger
- Let's not even talk about the disgusting treatment of Orihime or Momo...
All things considered, I really can't be blamed for reading something sexist in here. Once again, we have a male character (Byakuya) bailing out a female one (Rukia), and even though he didn't completely killsteal her opponent, he still get part of the credit for her eventual victory, since Rukia would have died without his intervention.
See what my problem is?