Female Vets – Looking For Acceptance

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While the military may fight its wars with 21st century equipment, in some areas it’s mindset is firmly planted in the last century.

More than 230,000 American women have fought in those recent wars and at least 120 have died doing so, yet the public still doesn’t completely understand their contributions on the modern battlefield.

For some, it’s a lonely transition as they struggle to find their place.

Female service members have much higher rates of divorce and are more likely to be a single parent. When they do seek help at VA medical centers, they are screening positive at a higher rate for military sexual trauma, meaning they indicated experiencing sexual harassment, assault or rape. Some studies have shown that female veterans are at greater risk for homelessness.

Every time there’s a new deployment, there is no shortage of politicians lining up to give praise to the “brave men and women” serving their country and yet so little is said of the plight of returning vets.  Why’s that?

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