I get to some parts of saying that Sokka shouldn't be much of an s*xist in the live action because yes there are more characteristics of him that do matter but that is one of the biggest most obvious of his character first introduced rewatching it Katara says so herself so removing any aspects of the topic just because it's "offensive" or "iffy" it's just bad sense on how to introduce a good character cause they all had their own ways of growing but next to Zuko Sokka really was the major one and I'm with that every step
ALSO it messes with Katara's arc, I think, because part of the reason she is a) so mad about the Northern Tribe and b) so prepared to throw down is because she's already dealt with Sokka's (very quickly resolved) attitude.
And also... Sokka is sexist for like... three episodes? And it always struck me as that very normal little boy sexism -- boys are awesome, girls suck. Kind of the same way little girls are all like girls rule, boys drool.
He grew up. He got over it. HE WASN'T AWFUL, NETFLIX.