sethrak: (Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan)
sethrak ([personal profile] sethrak) wrote2012-07-11 08:20 am

Fantasy fiction and video games still have problems in this area...

But astonishingly, the US military is actually starting to take baby steps to rectify the problem of male armor vs. female armor.

http://news.yahoo.com/army-uses-xena-warrior-princess-inspiration-body-armor-180654514.html

“It became clear to us that there was a difference in torso length,” says (Lt. Col.) Lozano, who is the product manager for the Army’s soldier protective-equipment program. “The other point that we realized is that there is a significant difference in shoulder width. I read this data, and it seems so obvious.”

Gee, ya THINK? ::face-palm::
nagaina: (::eyetwitch::)

[personal profile] nagaina 2012-07-11 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
............I'm resisting the urge to compare Army command eschelons to geeks living in their mothers' basements RE contact with women in the real world................