That would only feed into the damsel in distress trope so never. Also not exactly women. They are adventurer turned into breeders. If you get the bad end with the tar it shows you become them.
you need to do something else for it to save the progress. If you are in your house you need to go out or check something else. It is because the game only save the beginning of screen. So if you change your armor and then save and reload without moving or doing anything else then your armor reset.