ANST - ANST- Ladies Chest Protection

[Tiger lil]

>Greetings from Lady Vanora!
>
> I'd like to do a "poll", here. Humor me, please:
>
> There are some discussions going on concerning ladies' chest 
>protection. Ansteorra has a rule stating that women have to wear 6-8oz. 
>leather over the breasts and sternum... while Coorporate says a 
gambison 
>over the same area is sufficient. Quite a few of us ladies would like 
to 
>have Ansteorra's rule dropped to the Coorporate rule. We can prove that 
>there's no danger of cancer from being hit, that there's no long-term 
>harm, and that the only difference between a man and a woman getting 
hit 
>in the breasts arrises ONLY if she is lactating. 
>
> So, what do you think... drop the rule OR mandate chest protection for 
>all men in Ansteorra?
Greetings Lady V. and Ansteorra in general,
   While being hit in the chest area does not cause cancer, nor may 
there be "long term" harm the rule about leather on female chest wasn't 
put there to annoy women.  On the contrary, it was put there for a 
reason.  There may be quite a few ladies who are not overly hampered by 
extraneous appendage in the upper chest, however for some of our more 
generously endowed ladies, if they aren't sufficiently forwarned, they 
may possibly lose a nipple to a pinch tween stick and kidney belt.
   This may not happen often, but it may happen more often if they rule 
isn't there.  See, you cannot compare other countries female armament to 
Ansteorran because frankly, we have a rep for fighting in the least(its 
to hot most of the year) and we also have a rep for fighting 
hardest(rhino mean anything to anyone on this list?). Not all of our 
fighters are this way of course but for the safety of our women folk, 
chest leather isn't that big a deal.
   As for dropping the one or creating the other, why should men be 
forced to wear a protective device for something they dont have. 
Honestly, I'm not sure I like the idea of groin gaurds for women, but I 
also haven't heard of alot of groin shots to women either.  I never 
recieved one, nor had I heard of one the year I fought. I could be wrong 
however, its been known to happen..:)

>You can respond to me personally  at <vanora at hotmail.com> or back over 
>the mailing list. Just be aware that opinions expressed WILL go to our 
>earl marshal and WILL be put into kingdom files where it WILL be read.
Yes ma'am, I understand..and also understand this, I don't fight 
anymore.  I couldn't deal with the continual bruising, or the blood 
clots that formed as a result so my opinion may not be worth much in 
this area.

Rachel Shepard
Most recently in lovely 
Mooneschadowe

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