Ladey Dragonfly, that's my whole point: Platemail does weigh more, but it is easier to move around in than Chainmail. Chainmail hangs down from the shoulders and drags your arms with it. This is a common similar: Take a heavy sweater, and soak it in water and wear that. Now use a belt to buckle it around you waist and under your armpits. That gives a nice impression.
Not to say that you or I could jump in a suit of platemail and start prancing about.
It still requires training.
I don't really get it, with that article. It's intresting, but how does it show that women can't wear as much armour as men? It just said that those new plates where optional in most regions, and probably get mandatory sometime in the future.
To Domi... Nobody should be forced to play a game (it would be silly), but rating the game based on the gender of the protagonist seems to a little overreactive at least. Would BG have been a bad game if it has a male-only protagonist?