My Problem With The “Lady Fantasy Armour Wouldn’t Work As Armour” Argument

thepeacockangel:

Is that it’s a bad argument for a good cause, most fantasy armour wouldn’t work properly in battle (leather bits where there shouldn’t be, armour that wouldn’t articulate or allow freedom of movement, or have enough room for under armour padding, etc etc) and it’s used as a way to skirt the fact that the real issue is sexism.  

Stop appealing to nerd boys desperate need to have all their fantasy media be “UBER HYPER REALISTIC” (because it’s not, it never is because almost none of them do enough research to make things accurate) and just point out that it’s fucking sexist.