Whenever I see these threads about the women of Naruto being weak and useless, I keep facepalming about how they forget about two pretty awesome/OP characters.
Chiyo: Do I really need to explain how she isn't weak?
Kushina: Everyone seems to forget about her. She was able to survive having a Tailed beast being ripped out of her, and was able to fight the nine-tails for a little while nonetheless. Not to mention, shes awesome
To a lesser degree, I could say Konan was useful too.
Although, I can definitely say that a majority of the women in naruto are weak/weaker.
Tsunade: I would call her the weakest of the Sannin. While i DEFINITELY dont think shes weak, she kind of bites off more than she can chew in many cases (Orochimaru, Madara, Pain, etc.)
Sakura: She's like a watered-down version of Tsunade, and she has the mental strength of a teaspoon IMO. Why she still tries to defend Sasuke to this day I'll never know. She was maybe 12, and she had a crush for about 2 years. She can get over it.
Ino: Other than being part of Ino-Shika-Cho, there isnt much to her.
Hinata: I like her much more than the other girls, as she actually had the balls to stand up to Pain. She isnt useless, but shes pretty weak comparatively to the other characters.
Tenten: Yeah, pretty much useless in the series. I only give a crap about her in Naruto SD (no complaints there):tenten:
I could go on and on. I just wanted to call out some of the female characters who are actually useful.