Women and Armor!

[Fyrebrand]

you want to remove the ability for other women and men to dress up their characters how they see fit

No. That is not what I want. That is not what anyone wants, and it's getting really ridiculous how often some of you keep accusing people of this.

The Star Wars anecdote was a bit exaggerated, but the point was that Leia's decision to stop trotting around in underwear when given the chance has no impact whatsoever on your own freedoms or outfit selection. When, in that story, did Leia track down all bikinis in the galaxy and have them destroyed? When did she pass a law, banning women from showing their skin? She was just making a choice for herself. It should not have to be a debate. But because she didn't want to parade around in revealing, sexy outfits all the time, Han Solo threw a totally inappropriate conniption fit. Which is basically what half of you are doing in this thread, in response to someone simply asking for female characters to not be treated by default as models for swimsuits and dominatrix gear.

FFXIV is not nearly as bad as most other games, of course. Here is what typically passes for female "armor" in Tera, for example. But the point still holds, that there is a disparity between how male and female armor is designed, and how much skin either of those show off. Should a female dragoon be able to show their midriff and look sexy? Sure, why not, this is a fantasy game, let people dress their characters as they please. But why can't we get the fully-covered version, as well? And why can't we simply ask for it, without it being a freaking controversy?

Sorry to inform you but I'm not the one who came up with the term. I also think calling it something else would be good for the movement because of the negative associations misandrists have gotten attached to it and because uninformed people tend to make the assumption that it only affects females when that isn't true.

Sometimes people just refer to it as "gender equality," which I suppose is probably a better term and captures the spirit of it better. But on the other hand, people are going to misrepresent your position no matter what you call it.