I agree that Leia was a very strong female character, especially for the time. Even in the third movie where they went a bit exploitative with the slave outfit thing, she ultimately literally used her chains to strangle her captor to death which was pretty badass.

But Rey is just on another level, and I only see it as a good thing. People who bitch about it have probably never had a real conversation with a woman except maybe their mothers in their lives, let alone actually seen or touched a boobie.