MistDragon opened this issue on Jul 14, 2005 ยท 23 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 15 July 2005 at 2:48 PM
Attached Link: http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/joan.html
Joan of Arc is *one* (one) example of a woman wearing ceremonial armor. Armor deliberately designed to draw attention to her -- Liberty Leading the People.Joan of Arc is notable for her extreme uniqueness and exception. She did willingly expose herself to personal danger. However:
Interestingly, Joan herself recognized her worth as a symbol rather than a fighter and readily admitted during her trial that she never personally killed anyone in combat.
Not even anyone wearing a chainmail bikini.
Sure, certain women have been incredibly courageous throughout history. So have many men.
But one should always be historically honest -- and acknowledge the reality of the situation as it actually was.
Not selectively pick out one or two notable exceptions, and then make the claim that it happened that way all of the time.........those very examples are so well remembered by history because of their very uniqueness.