Talk:Sypha Belnades (animated series)/@comment-27533697-20180726013352/@comment-23.241.111.149-20190507072806

It's safer to dress the girls like boys, yes, for harassment and potential rape. If bandits see something they want, like a pretty girl, the Speakers aren't exactly equipped to fight them off (Arn said himself that they're non-violent). And speaking of Arn and the Elder, notice how neither of them revealed Sypha's gender to Trevor when discussing her, possibly because they didn't want the reason he went after her to be motivated by, well, possible lustiness (they didn't know him yet). In general, Sypha isn't at risk of being raped, but at the same time, she's not just going to start shooting fire at them and be labeled a witch. So avoiding confrontation is the point.