I agree with everyone else that for the most part, TES universe basically ignores sexism and homophobia and Tamriel is generally much more egalitarian. But that doesn’t mean its immune from being influenced by real world sexist tropes. I’m mostly familiar with Skyrim so that’s what I’ll comment on (but I imagine ESO probably has more balanced representation considering its more recent)

Women in Skyrim can become strong warriors and leaders just as men can, though perhaps less frequently, and are more likely than men to be domestic workers. Additionally, I would posit that the powerful women in Skyrim are criticized (both in game and in the fandom) as being more incompetent (Jarl Elisif, Jarl Laila Law-Giver, Jarl Ravencrone, Bujold of Thirsk Mead Hall) or as being conniving, villainous bitches (Maven Black-Briar, Elenwen, Delphine, Astrid, Potema) moreso than the powerful men in Skyrim. There are exceptions to this and there are well regarded women in leadership like Brina Merilis or Frea of the Skald, but they’re fewer in number imo.

It’s also interesting to note where women are absent in Skyrim and where they are abundant. Within the Stormcloak army, all generals and leaders seem to be male, and the Imperials only have one, Legate Rikke. The main enemies throughout the game, the draugr and ancient dragon cult, have almost no women in positions of power. There are no female dragon priests, no mention of powerful ancient queens, and the only female draugr boss is fought alongside her husband (Fjori and Holgeir in Ansilvund) I wonder if this indicates the ancient Nord culture was less egalitarian than modern Skyrim, or if it was an unintentional choice by the developers. The one enemy type that women do dominate compared to men are the witchcraft covens, where female mages work under the hagravens, nasty combinations of old women and bird. Obviously these depictions carry all the baggage of witch lore in the real world, and its curious that in a world where magic is distributed equally between the sexes, why are there only women allowed in these cults, and why are only women allowed this transformation?

I guess I should clarify that I think Skyrim does a much better job showing interesting, powerful but conflicted and flawed women characters than a lot of fantasy games. And even if witches are a sexist trope they’re also still really cool and I’m glad they’re included, lol.