From an in-universe perspective, diluting the fact that the Sorors are female would be dangerous. Since the only reason they are allowed to exist is via a (frankly stupid) legal loophole which barred the Ecclesiarchy from having "men under arms" in the wake of the Vandire fiasco where a rogue Cardinal tried to take over the Imperium. Against that backdrop, it would make sense for the Ecclesiarchy to want to underscore that these are Women who are fighting for us, rather than Men.Nowhere within the actual Canon are Sororitas actually sexualized, however. They're not there to be sexy. If you want the sexy, you have Dark Eldar and Slaanesh for that. Even the thought of the Paragons of Imperial purity of Faith being objects of sexual desire (and thus power for Slaanesh) is paradoxical. Simply because they have boob armor does not mean it is there for a sexualized purpose. If women cannot show their physique or people cannot be reminded of a woman's body features without it being "sexualization", I think we have swung back and begun oppressing women in another way. I'm not saying it's like demanding burquas or anything, but the simple existence of such features is in itself not sexualization. At least not in a bad way or in a way which takes anything away from the Sororitas.At least I have never felt that the SoBs were lesser for their armor or thought about them as being inferior warriors for this design choice. But I understand that other people do see things differently.The old style of "missile tits" is certainly a tad on the nose and if you look at the new range of Sisters of Silence, they still retain the "boob cup" armor plate, but are far more sensible in the execution. I feel that is probably a good compromise in terms of aesthetic design and appeal, without going into the realm of half-naked warriors fighting around heavy artillery (sorry, Repentia).I personally don't think that girl players would be fond of fighting against an army which had massive codpieces. As far as I am privy to the machinations of the fairer sex's mind, the size of a man's junk or the contents of his Codpiece are not that important and obscenely large ones (built in proportion to the "missile tits") would be downright frightening, rather than appealing. Like I said earlier, a chiseled male upper body is what attracts women and the V-shape of broad shoulders and pecs narrowing down to a tight abdomen is what women seem to desire when talking about "sexualization". Just having big meaty todgers waved around does not seem to be appealing to them.I can certainly see why some would want big codpieces as some sort of "equality" motion, but I personally think it's a tad petty. Not only because it would look very silly, but it also wouldn't accomplish any actual positivity, unlike more sculpted chestplates ala Batman and Robin. ( #FreeTheAstartesNipple !)I can certainly see your last point and in terms of the actual world, I'm behind you 100%.However, we're talking about a dystopian future here and I doubt that the aesthetic choices of powered armor design for a collective sorority of brainwashed religious lunatics who burn people alive who don't agree with their dogma is a healthy and positive female role-model to aspire towards. Nor that any woman should feel that their world somehow becomes safer if these "missile tits" are removed. Because if the design of breast plate in a miniature wargame (whose primary population seems to be geeky teenage boys and neckbeards with bad BO) is the defining problem in the lives of women around you, then I would say they have it pretty well for themselves. ^^"Not to poke massive holes into things, I cannot help but find it problematic that you on the one hand state that sexualization would be a great way to sell things, but on the other hand you seem very self-conscious about complaints leveled against sexualization.The issue, as I see it, is not in that Warhammer (or even society as such) depicts women (and men) as sexually desirable. The problem is a separate culture entirely which normalizes rape, victimizes men as "just being men" or having been "goaded" into action by the appearance of women. Of course men will have a sense of self-worth associated with procreation. As long as the dating game is one where men ask women out and "courting" takes place, it is a sign of success when you are able to 'finish the job'. This stems from our basic biology as humans, where women have to be far more discerning with their mates than men do, since we're not stuck with the consequences of our actions for 9 months.That all said, what needs to happen is for men to start taking a long hard look at themselves and others around them and stop defending or accepting bad behavior. Every girl is someone's daughter or sister and if you find it distasteful if what you did happened to your daughter or sister, then perhaps you shouldn't be doing it?This has nothing to do with sexualization, however, but male behavior and normalization of sexual violence against women and that is an entirely different discussion.Because I don't think there are any canonical depictions of rape of Sorors (there may be, because Slaanesh, but that's his/her/its thing), but there is a lot of depictions of them fighting, killing and dying valiantly in battle. Which I think is a fairly good role-model as far as 40k goes. So to that extent, I wouldn't worry about the boob plate moreso than how the characters are shown and depicted. They're not feeble victims, but powerful warriors. They stride into battle where men falter, lifting the spirits of failing battle lines of Imperial Guardsmen and leading the charge against horrific demons and xenos beasts with a fire in their eyes and a prayer on their lips.That sounds like a very positive image overall and I guess if the goal was to empower women, then these ladies would do a good job. They don't have to hide their gender in the field because they think Space Marines will rape them. They will stride forth and conquer in the name of their God-Emperor all the same.