Garo armor, why the gender restriction...

[Serilda]

Remember how Yoshida reacted when asked about men being abble to wear maid outfit, SE's tam seems to be feeling very uneased about it.
Why ? maybe it's personnal or maybe it's cultural ? They just don't want men to look to feminin

They clearly do, because I looked absolutely stunning in the WHM Esoteric gear with those long skin-hugging stockings and gloves, and the Astrologian Esoteric set is a gown and shawl which was specifically designed to look feminine (source: HW artbook)

My dress/skirt collection could fill an entire retainer. I can tie a pink bow around my neck and drape myself in gem-encrusted chains. We have one pair of stockings, but the rest are female-only even though they are the exact same shape and show just as much thigh. I can wear the plain skirt, but not the identical spring skirt because it has a bow - even though bows are fine on the asura/yasha gear. Half of the PVP animal gear is dangerously close to being overtly sexy (BLM) or a ballgown (SCH/SMN/WHM/AST). I can wield a bouquet of flowers as a weapon, and I can wear some types of colourful flowers in my hair, but at other times flowers are too feminine and forbidden (I can also wear them around my chest, but not on a straw hat unless it's a special kind).

Gender locking in FFXIV has never made a single ounce of logical sense.

[GMERC]

Gender locking in FFXIV has never made a single ounce of logical sense.

It's a video game.