I'm finding that people are really coming to Dollhouse (when they aren't wandering off in boredom) with their own... agendas? It's like people who are watching it are watching with a more critical eye than normal. Admittedly, part of this is likely due to the show's periods of meh, where some people (like me) start to look critically at it just for something to do and to stay entertained.

I will note in passing that while Topher could have gone to the trouble to program Whiskey to view her scars as honourable etc, I don't see that as an in-character action at all. It's been established that the process isn't an exact science so some things are there no matter what the personality builder is aiming for. It can be assumed that he was aiming for a competent doctor (and may have just lifted Saunders' personality wholesale, with minor mods so that Saunders won't freak at suddenly being a doll, and female, no less). It is not a stretch of the imagination that Whiskey's reaction to her scars is a reaction that would be shared by a large number of women. Plus, it makes it less likely that she'll want to leave the Dollhouse.