‘Xena’ body armor

All kinds of stories are running around the internet today, relating that Army equipment people studied problems women soldiers have with current body armor and then somebody said, “Viola! We’ll use Lucy Lawless as an example!”

Or, “The US military is developing ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’-style body armor for women that it hopes will give them greater protection on the battlefield, with more curves in the chest and hips.”

http://randomthoughtsofalurker.blogspot.com/2012/07/xena-body-armor-for-us-military-women.html

I haven’t yet learned cut and paste on photographs, so you’ll have to do some work here. Search “zena warrior princes” and then take a look at the pictures. You will quickly realize: (a) maybe 1 percent of today’s women soldiers look like Lawless; and, (b) does the Army really want its women soldiers going around in armor like Zena’s? My guess on (b) is “NO!”

The real thing: “’Some people would like to eventually make plates so it’s like ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ and conforms to the shape’ of female soldiers ...”

And Zena’s top part, uncovered (sort of)? No way a woman wears that in any situation … Except in a costume party or one of those sci-fi conventions.

Makers-up of “news” have no smarts.