Women and Armor!

[NozomiKei]

Ugh. So many people missing the point. It isn't about whether the differences are sexy or not sexy or wrong because of their inherent associations with being sexy or not, it's the fact that there are differences at all. If the difference was that the "girl version" of the armor had epic wings added or the vambraces missing people will be bothered. If the differences only occurred for a single race instead of one of the genders the issue would be the same. Say all male Roes get the epic wings added to their glowing green WHM armor; some people who aren't roes are going to be happy that they didn't get stuck with the 'impractical' wings and some people are going to be heartbroken that they can't get those wings without completely changing their character's race or gender. People wouldn't say just go wear the scholar AF gear to fulfill your desire to wear the glowing green, epic winged outfit, it's not the same. They love the glowing green of the outfit and the cool wings. They love the Dragoon AF and the covered/not covered stomach (whichever they can't have). They love the thighhighs/skirt/lowcut top and the full pants/highcut top.

Another example if the above doesn't cut it. Guys at a restaurant order a slice of pumpkin pie and when it arrives, sweet! It also has whipped cream on top with a caramel drizzle. Girls at a restaurant order a slice of pumpkin pie and when it arrives it has some whipped cream but sadly there is no caramel drizzle. While the majority of guys that go to this restaurant rather like caramel and are quite satisfied there are also a number of guys that don't really like it and kinda scrape it off. Then you have say half of the girls that go to this restaurant that don't like caramel anyhow and gladly chow down, but the other half of girls absolutely love caramel and have no way to add caramel to their pie unlike the unhappy guys that could attempt to scrape it off. The whole problem would be fixed if the restaurant would just put the option of with or without caramel on the menu. People would pick the version they're happy with and there be no issue.

This thread is about giving characters the option to have the glowing green outfit with or without the epic wings if they want either one and not be limited by their gender. It's about giving people the option to add or withhold caramel based on their personal preferences.