I am starting to think that that it's glow in the dark bullshit. The biggest negatives to steel plates is weight and spall, the latter of which is mitigated by spall blockers/guards sold by armorers like tactical scorpion gear. The former is a matter of constitution, as manlets/lankets should be aware of increased fatigue that comes with the extra load. Ceramics cost at least twice as much and can only absorb a fraction of the abuse steel can. As a matter of logistics, steel is a no brainer. At best it's just richfags shitposting their gear queer fetish.