One last thing…
Lady Mandalorian’s have boob armour? Oh come on seriously. pic.twitter.com/Tl7dpX4EBQ
— Anita Sarkeesian ✨ NEW SHOW OUT NOW (@anitasarkeesian) November 15, 2020
Just so that we are clear, historical artwork of Queen Isabella of Castile and Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury shows them in boob armor.
Today, poor-fitting body armor is a problem for female police officers. Armor that doesn’t take into account boobs fails to cover correctly and puts the officer’s life at risk.
So much so the NIJ certifies male and female armor separately.
Modern female soft armor is almost a corset, with a built-in sports bra like system.
It took until 2020 for the US military to start fielding female-friendly body armor
Quite a lot of engineering goes into it.
So yeah, boob armor is real and not just the machinations of horny, neck-beard, virgin fan-artists.
Well, yes and no.
Historically there was no “real” armour that was “boob armour”. There simply was no need for it because plate armour hovers above the chest and ribs area and only contacts the body at the shoulder muscles and the waist. So there already is plenty of room under “manly” armour for even a well endowed female.
The pictures you posted are not contemporary to the persons in questions – they are, in fact, “the machinations of horny, neck-beard, virgin fan-artists” but in this case painters from the 18th or 19th century. 😀
The case is of course different with ballistic armour that needs to be in contact with the body to work properly.
But if Sarkeesian wouldn’t have some stupid reason to be offended she would’ve nothing to say.
Stupid cancel culture.
P.S.: Yes, even “muscle armours” from the mediterran classical period is not anatomically correct and not in fact form fitting 😀
Yeah, that art falls into the same category as William the Conqueror’s pistol, which is on display in the Tower of London.
This blog is a fun view of how armor does and doesn’t work https://bikiniarmorbattledamage.tumblr.com/ I think they have had some SCA types post their armor too