> 	On par with Ranma-kun and Ryouga?  She couldn't even fight a fair 
> fight against Ranma-chan!!!  Here we have another love strucken idiot, 
> you and Mousse should get together and form the baka club.  Plus, Ranma 
> and Ryouga have gone up tremendously in strength (remember right after 
> the Pheonix pill episodes he easily defeats Ryouga, then Ryouga trains 
> and is much tougher too).  You want more proof?  Shampoo is easily 
> defeated by her great-grandmother, right?  Eventually Ranma becomes as 
> strong as her great-grandmother so that shoots your baka theory down the 
> toilet doesn't it?  More?  There's an episode where Ryouga actually 
> fights Shampoo, he whips her butt pretty harsh!!  Let's face it, Shampoo, 
> Ukyou and Akane just can't keep up.  The only female in Ranma 1/2 that 
> even remotely as strong is SHampoo's great-grandmother (she even says 
> Ranma is a good choice for Shampoo since he is so strong) and the recent 
> story with Pansouto where he fights this three headed goddess, who keeps 
> kicking Pans butt over and over.

Whoa, whoa.  Easy.

Sometimes fighters get added incentive.  I'd say Mousse isn't that strong,
but I'd rank him up with Kuno for skill.  He can win Shampoo if he put his
mind to it, and if both he and Shampoo realize that relationships don't
always mean fighting to win, but protecting to win (the second movie
scene, we've all seen it).
Shampoo ranks high in fighting skill amongst the women.  She's definitely
more skilled than Ukyou, Akane, and Kodachi, no doubt.  The reason she
lost to her great-grandmother?  She is still training.  Cologne has a few
decades (centuries?) of training under her belt, while Shampoo hasn't even
hit eighteen yet.  Also, she wants Ranma to be stronger for Shampoo.  She
is currently focussing more attention on Ranma, so that he will be strong
enough to support Shampoo.
In my opinion, the women CAN keep up.  Ranma himself states that a man
gives an edge to a woman when they fight.  Many times, the man wins when
encouraged by emotion or reason to, but in a reasonless fight?  The sides
are pretty even.
Also, you mention that Ryouga beats Shampoo soundly.  Are you sure?  If he
did, would not Shampoo start that whole Chinese-Amazon-ritual thing again?
It doesn't seem to quite fit.

Just my opinion.  No flames please.

 Geoff Tebbetts					   *  Lesson No. 3.
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 Magnificent Expert of the Interdimensional Mallet *  in pan, using salad
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