Seriously, it would be so much more awesome if they would simply ACKNOWLEDGE what they're doing with the sexualities of these characters, up front.
Keep Dr. Minerva's high IQ as The Cougar, but make it a condition of her transformation that it gives her ... an itch to scratch, so that Chad The Buff Henchdude could serve two purposes at once, even as she reacted with disdain to his own lack of intellect. It could be the new Joker/Harley!