Women in Combat
I read a wonderful blog post regarding the absurdity of women's armor in fantasy: Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits I find this a practical examination as well as hilarious view of the subject. There is a formula in the post that sums up the subject quite well. This post was inspired by the the tumbler feed: Women Fighters in Reasonable Armor The descriptions in this feed describe the pics as "awesome", "fine example", and "cool" Most often these are descriptions that one would find in a collection of "Men Fighters in Armor." I believe the majority of Women in Armor galleries would include words like "sexy", "oh yeah", and "babe." I believe a corollary to these posts is the following: Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes Although, this post should have been entitled "Completely Impractical Aspects of Superheroine Costumes." This post expands the sexism of women in fantasy to ...