Thread:Gabriel Auditore/@comment-3008849-20121023175755/@comment-27202257-20130110184759

That's Gristol though. It's possible things might be different in Tyvia. The Heart is also specifically referring to the whaling industry with Callista.

Thinking about it though, a women is allowed to be Royal Protector, so it's possible that women are allowed in the military and just highly discouraged from joining/usually fail to meet certain requirements. Like how you used to have to bench a certain weight to be a firefighter, and it was a benchmark many women couldn't meet.