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Joan of Arc wore "male" style armour because women warriors did, if they wore armour and were warriors (not many were by then). Vikings and a thousand years earlier, Celts had women warriors. They didn't wear bikinis.
The English claim that Joan of Arc wore men's clothes was disingenuous. It was a fake trial.
Later women warriors wore flat breast-plates and internal padding, so a sword would slide off. The ancient Greek men had fake "enhanced chest" armour, I forget the name of it. I don't think anyone else did. Greeks and Romans didn't have women warriors.
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