The so-called Buffy-verse features a number of ordinary mortal male characters such as Xander, Gunn, Giles, Wesley, Robin Wood, Lindsey, Holtz and even Oz (his werewolf curse never enhanced his combat prowess in any practical way), whereas Buffy & Faith had their superhuman strength (and by the way, fought vampires who were explicitly stated more than once on both shows to be weaker than they; whereas Angel and Spike fought their peers, or else demons, almost all of whom were stronger than vampires), Willow & Tara had magic, Cordelia got magic visions (from kissing a guy) and Anya remembered stuff from when she was a powerful demon (made into one by a patriarchal demon after she overreacted to her man cheating on her, and who spent centuries running around torturing people according to the whims of hyperbolic emotional women). No woman on the show was powerful without magic or being evil.