People really that riled up about an author feeling uncomfortable looking up a girl's(even if she's virtual) skirt?
I would have figured that'd be a normal response, but then again, there are a lot of upskirt porn out there.
Anyway, that reaction from Ashley is interesting, since they could always have just given her tights or jeans or something, but instead chose a skirt for the ol' ecchi 'YAMERO' type response for the inevitable. I guess people would freak out about Capcom taking their skirts away and the skirt probably lends more to her character of being an 'innocent' that 'needs to be protected'.