Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month. The national theme for 2024 is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.” Throughout 2024, we acknowledge the example of women who embrace everyone and exclude no one in the common quest for freedom and opportunity. The list of women who made an impact on history is long.

The Christian view of women has been limiting to say the least. Their contribution as a created being is to be in a 'supporting' role to her husband. He body, even though miraculous, at times is only applauded as an incubator for new life. Her VALUE is as caretaker and nurturer of home and family. Recently, there has been fear stoked with the possibility of women being returned to the supporting role by a plan drawn up by Republicans named Project 2025. Established in 2022, the project seeks to recruit tens of thousands of conservatives to Washington D.C., to replace existing federal civil service workers it characterizes as the "deep state", to further the objectives of the next Republican president. Being backed by Evangelicals, people fear their biblical views will also be incorporated/legislated into Project 2025.

There has always been a time when women were needed in more than just a supporting role and that will always remain true. Attempts to teach history in schools, is an attempt to keep people from knowing their individual contributions shape a country and world. Women must remember, no matter who the world 'tells' them thy are, they were created for a reason and purpose. First, lets look at some women who had a PURPOSE and then look at the REASON for their creation.

1. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Alcott worked to support her family through financial difficulties at an early age, and managed to write “Little Women,” one of the most famous novels in American history. Her other famous writings include “Little Men” and “Jo’s Boys.” (Recommended biography here.)
2. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906). Anthony played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement. In 1878, she and co-workers presented an amendment to Congress that would give women the right to vote. In 1920, Sen. Aaron A. Sargent, R-Calif., introduced the bill and it was ratified as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. (Recommended biography here.)
3. Clara Barton (1821-1912). Barton founded the American Red Cross and served as its first president. She was a nurse during the Civil War for the Union Army. (Recommended biography here.)
4. Nellie Bly (1864-1904). A journalist, she launched a new kind of investigative reporting. She is best known for her record-breaking trip around the world by ship in 72 days. (Recommended biography here.)
5. Amelia Earhart (1897-1939). Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for her accomplishments. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in 1937 over the central Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the globe. (Recommended biography here.)
6. Jessie Benton Fremont (1824-1902). Fremont was a writer and political activist. She was considered the brains behind her husband, John C. Fremont, and his famous exploration westward. She turned his notes into readable books and made connections in Washington, D.C., that eventually made him famous. (Recommended biography here.)
7. Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966). Higgins was a reporter and war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She advanced the cause of equal opportunity for female war correspondents and was the first woman awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence in 1951. (Recommended biography here.)
8. Grace Hopper (1906-1992). A computer scientist and Navy rear admiral, Hopper played an integral role in creating programs for some of the world’s first computers. (Recommended biography here.)
9. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). Howe was a poet and author, her most famous work being “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” She was also a social activist for women’s suffrage. (Recommended biography here.)
10. Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897). Jacobs, a writer, escaped slavery and later was freed. She published a novel, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” credited as the first to highlight the struggles of rape and sexual abuse within slavery. (Recommended biography here.)
11. Barbara Jordan (1936-1996). Jordan was a lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights movement leader. She was the first southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first African-American woman to give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. (Recommended biography here.)
12. Coretta Scott King (1927-2006). The wife, and later widow, of Martin Luther King Jr. played an important role in preserving the legacy of the civil rights leader. Following his assassination in 1968, she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. She later lobbied for her late husband’s birthday to be recognized as a federal holiday. (Recommended biography here.)
13. Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987). Luce was an author, conservative politician, and U.S. ambassador to Italy and Brazil. She was the first woman appointed to an ambassadorial role abroad. Luce served in the House of Representatives from 1943-1974. (Recommended biography here.)
14. Dolley Madison (1768-1849). Madison was the nation’s first lady during James Madison’s presidency from 1809-1817. She helped to furnish the newly reconstructed White House in 1814, after the invading British burned it to the ground, and is credited with saving the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington from the flames. (Recommended biography here.)
15. Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-Present). A lawyer, O’Connor became a celebrated judge and eventually the first female justice on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981-2006. President Ronald Reagan appointed her. (Recommended biography here.)
16. Rosa Parks (1913-2005). Parks was the most prominent female face of the civil rights movement. In December 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat in the “colored section” of a bus to a white man and was charged with civil disobedience. She is known as “the mother of the freedom movement.” (Recommended biography here.)
17. Sally Ride (1951-2012). A physicist and astronaut, Ride joined NASA in 1978. Five years later, in 1983, she became the first American woman to go to outer space. (Recommended biography here.)
18. Sacagawea (1788-1812). Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman best known for her expedition with Lewis and Clark through the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The Native American traveled from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean with the explorers. (Recommended biography here.)
19. Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016). Schlafly was a constitutional lawyer and conservative political activist. She is best known for her critiques of radical feminism and her successful campaign against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. (Recommended biography here.)
20. Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013). Known as “the first woman of finance,” Siebert was the first woman to head a firm traded on the New York Stock Exchange. (Recommended biography here.)
21. Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995). A Republican politician, Smith served in the House of Representatives from 1940-1949 and the Senate from 1949-1973. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. (Recommended biography here.)
22. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896). The abolitionist and author’s most well-known work is the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which portrayed the impact of slavery on families and children. Its impact led to Stowe’s meeting with President Abraham Lincoln. (Recommended biography here.)
23. Sojourner Truth (1797-1883). An abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Truth was born into slavery and escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She became best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech on racial inequalities in 1851 at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. (Recommended biography here.)
24. Harriet Tubman (1820-1913). Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849 and became a famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman risked her life to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom using that secret network of safe houses. (Recommended biography here.)
25. Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814). Warren was a writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. She published poems and plays that attacked the British empire and urged colonists to resist Britain’s infringement on their rights. (Recommended biography here.)  

The list goes on and on. There have always been great men in history, but contributions from both sexes were needed in the world. If it were not so, God would have stopped when he created MAN. In Genesis 2:7 we read, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed life into his nostrils, the breath of life and man became a living soul. AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN. Women have always been necessary.

In Genesis 12:1-3 we read, "The Lord had said to Abram, leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse and all people on earth will be blessed through you."

Abraham was given a promise of nation, land, and seed. AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN. The promise was given to Abraham, but his wife Sarah had her part in the promise. She was the one who would carry and deliver the first generation to take part in the promise. She was the mother of the promise fulfilled.

We are all familiar with Samuel, who is known by Bible scholars as a king maker. In I Samuel 9, Samuel anoints Saul as the people’s king and in I Samuel 16 he anoints David, who is God’s king. YET GOD CREATED WOMAN.

Before Samuel was a kingmaker, he was a deep yearning within his mother, Hannah’s heart. God granted her petition in prayer for a son whom she named Samuel, because, as she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.” And this one thing, a child, she desired so much for such a long time, she gave back to the Lord with gladness as we read in I Samuel 1:27-28. Here, the role of mother goes a step farther to sacrifice. This is a sacrifice where a mother loves God enough to let go.

Now let’s look at a man’s man named Samson in the book of Judges. Samson was a man who tore a lion’s mouth apart with his bare hands, struck down a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey, and who can forget his dramatic exit from life when he prayed one last time for strength from God to destroy his captors, his taunters, in one last show of strength. God answered his prayers, and he was able to push two pillars and collapse the temple, killing many more when he died than while he lived. AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN.

Deborah, the only female judge out of 16 men did not possess the strength of Samson, but she did possess obedience to a command to be fearless in battle. She was fearless in battle not because of her own strength, but because God was with her. You can read about Deborah and her God-given victory over an enemy of Israel’s in the book of Judges along with the story of Samson. In Judges 5, we are allowed to read the song of praise Deborah offered up to God for being with her and Israel during their time of trouble.

Let us forever remember and never forget our Savior Jesus Christ handpicked twelve men known as the twelve disciples. We read in the book of John 17:12, these men were selected by God. We know this because Jesus prayed for them, “While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.” AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN. There was not one female named among the disciples.

But look at Mark 14:3-9:“While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

This unnamed woman did a service. She did what she could with what she had. She gave her best to Jesus. Onlookers made comments and even protested. Jesus considered what the unnamed woman did to be so great, he said she would be remembered wherever the gospel was preached. She is connected to the gospel just as the disciples are connected to the gospel.

The last man of God I would like to look at happens to be joined at the hip to a woman in the Scriptures. Acts 28:18 introduces them as Priscilla and Aquilla who open their home to Paul and as a team they gave Apollos more instruction to help him minister to the populous. Notice I said they were a team.

Now let’s go back to the beginning to that perfectly formed man named Adam. God was pleased with His creation AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN. Why? Genesis 2:18 says it best, “And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a help meet for him.” Remember woman was made before the curse of labor, so she was created purely for companionship. We can read from Genesis 1:1-3:17 that the ground was not cursed. There were not any thorns or thistles, no herbs, nor any sweating by man’s brow. There was no work for the “help mate” to help with at the time of her creation.

I have said all of this to say AND YET GOD CREATED YOU, because he needed everything WOMAN has to offer. Women offer the ability to reproduce like Sarah, heirs to a promise. Women offers the ability to care and love others sacrificially like Hannah. Women offer the ability to obey, lead, and direct like Deborah. Women offer the ability to give their best gifts and service to God in example and deed like the unnamed woman of the gospel. Women offer the ability to be part of a team in kingdom work as Priscilla did with her husband.

My last point is woman has the ability to be what God originally created Eve to be, a much needed and desired counterpart and companion for man. Woman was also created to observe and to partake of the beauty of the world God created for mankind. Women are to realize “she” is a gift to man and to creation. Women are to always know, remember, and cherish the fact she is different from man. For every strong, heroic, faithful, chosen man God created, there is a woman of the same beauty, strength, heroism, faithfulness, and chosen status. God saw a need and a purpose for all things he created. The Old Testament and the New Testament echoes the importance and value of both men and women in the Bible. It is of the utmost importance for each woman to know, remember, and cherish, AND YET GOD CREATED WOMAN.

Manhood and War (OPERATION EPIC FURY)

OPERATION EPIC FURY

WAR CHANGES THINGS

There has been one distinct place where men could/can show they were/are men. Not just men, but manly men. The one place, an honored place, where masculinity could/can be demonstrated to its fullest sometimes with no holds barred. This type of unbridled male freedom beackons for the fittest among men to come and be tested even measured against other men claiming THEIR own brute stregnth superiority. It was/is a sacred place that could/can bestow status and admiration on brave men. Society loves this type of manly man and counts on their courageousness. The manhood of these men were/are never questioned. Where was/is this place to demonstrate this beloved manhood? The military. Who were the men fellow countrymen looked up to? Army, Navy, Marines, Airforce, and SpaceForce from the Department of War.

For centuries men used their strong bodies and courage to protect their country. Citizens, without prompting, admired military men. Their uniforms were decorated with medals of honor for valour and proclaimed their rank/status amonst other men. Put a man in a uniform, and it changes him and the people who see him in the uniform.

As Donald Trump takes Americans on a military 'excursion' named Operation Epic Fury, (also referred to as a joint war operation with Israel) agaisnt Iran's terrorist nation beginning in February 2026, America began to become confused. TRUTH is, not one part of this "war" "excursion" followed Constitutinal guidelines needed to become the war of the people of America. And it seems our president does not follow any standard operating proceedures for America to actually be in a war. He seems twitterpated about getting to use high level millitary equiptment like fireworks. 

But here we are. For over 47 years, many countries have had concerns of Iran having nucleur weapons or the capability to build long-range missile capable of delivering nucleur payloads to their enemies. And boy, do they have some enemies. Iran is not timid about screaming, "Death to America" and "Death to Israel."

America's involvement in this Israel-American vs Iran war is like no other seen by the American people. It is like something we have seen before on playgrounds as boys trash talk each other before and during school yard fights. Crazy threats of unseen harm is tossed around along with name calling and each has their own victory story where the opponent was obliterated. Soon, it's just comes down to who can puff their chest out the furthest, which lies of victory can be given to the people, who can pee the furthest, finally boiling down to why the fighting began - whose penis is the biggest.

But there was/is always a price to pay. In the past, war changed the soldiers and war changed societies. Men who went off to war, willing to sacrifice their life, never guessed their well fought and won successes meant there were many losers (both sides) and families who had to bury their dead.

Our Department of War gloats about killing. "We're killing them all. There's no one in control. One group rise up we kill them then the next group we kill them. We just keep bomb bomb bombing. We have the greatest military ever. No one comes close. No one can beat us. We don't need anyone else because we have equiptment you wish you had, etc. etc. etc." Many Americans were upset at President Donald Trump setting active military war scenes in video games and music reels. This administration is the administration of TOXIC MANHOOD and using our sons and daughters for play. The public has been told there will be deaths. It's part of war and made another video set to music with our military blowing tanks up and buildings.

News reporters, also known as "The Fake News" tries to point out with soldiers dying and more to possibly die if the war continues, making video games and memes is juvenile, callous, and not respectful of life lost in war of any of the people involved. Toxic Masculinity feeds on beating others down. It doesn't really matter who toxic males beat, as long as their is a fight and someone's behind is getting kicked. PURE BLOODLUST. The more force needed the more fun had. Hopefully this will only be the legacy of the Trump administration because the American people find the president's tactics of gloating about death deploreable. I have heard the term, "The President uses a lot of BLOOD PORN." Least we forget, war is not a sport nor game. Even in war, fighting forces are sensitive to the number of causualties that can't be avoided and those kills stay with those men in the same way Pro-Life people say an abortion does with a woman.

Just imagine if the Trump Administration was playing with the American people during these wars. Trump beliieved as many men in earlier wars, women should be the main person for household and children, part of his Make America Great Again idealism. I say look to the past to see the future.

World War 2 began September 1, 1939 -September 2, 1945, it was the most violent military conflict in human history. There were 38 million military and civilian deaths. The United States entered the war in 1941. The U.S lost 407, 317 men in the war. 62, 614 Navy. 21, 511 Marine. 318, 274 Army and Air Force. 1,917 Coast Gaurd.

While the men were off at war on foreign soil, women had to enter the work force to keep America functioning economically. Before World War 2, men were the breadwinner and women were wives and mothers. Of course there were women who held jobs, but that was not the status quo. Women had no other option than to work to support themselves and family during this war. The positions women held were facory workers making parts for military equipment. Drivers of trains, fire engines, and trucks moving necessary supplies in the states. And of course Nurses and ENGINEERS. America had to function in all capacities while men were at war. During this time, women were not entering the military fighting for their country. So they held down the homefront.

Society changed not due to women wanting to work. The norm was for a man to be the provider and protector of women and children. With 407,316 deaths of men, many wives were left without a returning husband. Children were left without a returning father. And the availability of men for women to marry had been limited by so many deaths of marriage aged men. After the men who survived the war returned, most women were still unable to return to their housewife role because many men returned disabled. Women had to continue to provide for themselves and their children. Young women faced not being able to find a man to marry. The nuclear family took a hit with World War 2. The landscape of who held jobs changed. 

The Vietnam War began November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975 (a 20 year war!) The United States entered the Vietnam War March 8, 1965 (10 years). There were 58,220 male deaths. 38,179 Army, 14,836 marines, 2556 Navy, and 2,580 Airforce. The total of men America lost was significatly lower in this war than in World War 2. But, this war was tragic on a different level. 

There were 75,000 severly disabled men who returned from this war. 23,214 were 100% disabled. 5,283 lost limbs and 1,081 had multiple amputations. This war, women wanted to show their patriotism and serve their country in war. There were 8 service women who died during this war by accidents or illness but not from battle. Women served in the military as nurses, air traffic controllers, intelligence officers, communication specialists, physicians, secretaries, and clerks. Notice the skill level and trianing that women were now serving their country.

Before World War 2, women did not involve themselves in politics. That was a man's domain and they were happy to leave it as such. Women were thought of as frail, delicate, and not capable of intellect and should not vote because their minds could not handle the complexities of analytical or intellectual thought. Women did not challenge this train of thought for centuries. After competently holding positions allocated for men, they became aware of their capabilities. Of course there were women who longed for the days when she did not have to work, but there were many who enjoyed their ability to take care of themselves financially and to be able to work outside of the home.

By the time the Vietnam War occurred, women were competent in many job areas. Marriage and children were no longer the only option for women. They had learned they were able to learn and advance in society with or without a husband. They felt patriotic just like their male counterpart and entered the military in large numbers demonstrating their capabilities in the positions held in the military and at home while men were once again off fighting on foreign soil.

The Vietnam War was the first war where the soldier did not return home, if he survived, to a hero's welcome. This war had opposition from students, government officials, labor unions, church groups, middle class families, and the famous Dr. Martin Luther King who said Black people were fighting for another country's freedoms while not be able to have those same freedoms in America.

Mothers, wives, sisters, and girlfriends, no longer wanted to stand at train stations or piers dutifully waving their loved ones off to war knowing they may never return. Women began to call for "NO MORE WAR." 61% of the men who died were younger than 21. The average age of the soldier who died in this war was 23 years old. 17,539 of the men who went off to war were married. Once again, the nuclear family took a large hit and the marriage pool also declined again. If the fathers, sons, boyfriends returned, they could have returned disabled, unable to work. Soldiers also returned addicted to heoin given to get them back on the battlefield after injury or while recuperating in the hospital. 104,578 men returned with disabilities.

For the first time, soldiers returned to citizens who viewed them as murderes, war mongerers, stupid for even fighting in the war, addicts, and their muscular body once admired and revered was now disfigured and considered unsightly and weak. It was no longer a source of pride to be seen in military uniform. The uniform had become a source of ridicule, shame, and disdain. Bitterness all around filled the post Vietnam War atmosphere in America. I hope Trump's seizing of Fentynal won't be the drug of choice to give combat troops to get them back on the front line. Hitler used Meth on his soldiers leading to heart attacks, suicide, and addiction.

Once again, women filled vacant positions in the job force and sought out education and training to advance and enter job position which men normally held. Once again they proved their competence as a provider and now patriot.

The Afghanistan War began October 2001 - August 2011. The totals vary, but I decided to use the highest total of 7,078 deaths of servicemen/women. Once again this seems like a low total compared to the other wars. The advancement of technology made hand to hand combat outdated, equaling fewer deaths. But, there is always a price to pay for war.

Since the beginning of this war in 2001, over 1.9 million people deployed at various times. 1.9-3 million servicemen/women served post 9/11 in various positions in and out of country. 89% were men and 11% were women. But there were 30,177 suicides of service members and vets post 9/11 war. 40% of the soldiers who served have PTSD with Marines having the highest rate. 40% also have some form of disability. The major areas of disability are mental health issues, orthopedic injuries, heart disease, amputations, and Gulf War Syndrome (fatigue, fibromyalgia, and gastrointestinal disorders).

If history repeats itself, then the collateral affects of war are the same as with the previous wars. The nuclear family disrupted, marriage availability decline, inability of the soldier to return to work, soldier not revered any longer, and women continuing to excert their independence in the work arena. This is at a time where the Right is pushing for more births, adoption, and fostering of children with DEI out the window which helped more white women. Also, they have changed the age men can enlist from thirty-something to fourty-something.  

I served in the First Gulf War and returned to streets lined with people thanking us for our service. Also, to this day, corporations can be heard thanking their customers who served their country. Lowe's and Home Depot give militay discounts for those who served (notice they are building supply companies. Women's clothing stores do not give women vets discounts). Now it is okay if citizens praise or disdain people who serve their country. The soldier is no longer the representation of manhood. Many blame the entrance of woman into the male dominated field for emasculating the military. But war takes away men, the provider and protector of family. You can't have men dying and disabled from war without there being consequences.

From 1973-2010 the number of women in uniform went from 42,000 to 167,000. With women able to and wanting to serve their country, the military had to change. Once women entered into the public arena, they wanted the same pay a man would receive for the same work and they wanted to work knowing they would not be bullied or harrassed for working outside the home. So, Women's Rights were an outcome of war.

Feminism, for many is a dirty word. Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that societies prioritize the male point of view and that women are treated unjustly in these societies. It's aim is not to get rid of men or make them lesser. But with everything, there are radicals.

The 1st wave of Feminism was in 1848 when women wanted the right to vote. The 2nd wave of Feminism was 1960-1970's when women wanted equality and freedom from discrimination. The 3rd wave of Feminism was in the 1990's which many say was ushered in by Anita Hill during the televised case where she accused Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. This wave of Feminism is traced to Generation Z wanting diversity and individualism. The 4th wave of Feminism began around 2010 and it centered around empowerment of the LGBTQ+ Rights. There is a questioning whether we have entered into a 5th wave of Feminism as of 2014 which is Political Activism. This wave fights against sexual abuse and misogyny which is blatantly visable on the internet. Women are using their power at the ballot box in concentrated efforts.

In th last ten years, it seems women are being blamed for the many changes American society is undergoing. I write a great deal about this topic and in my humble opinion, women are not the root cause of these changes, especially the changes men are feeling in regards to manhood. Women have entered domains once solely for men and are no longer finding marriage the only answer to their survival. Those are BIG changes. But many of the changes were WAR driven with women having very little say in the matter until they DEMANDED to have a say in the matter.

Manhood was once largely DEMONSTRATED by the soldier who bravely protected family and country until that was no longer a THING to do to show manhood. But manhood is not determined by a job position, such as soldier, anymore and hasn't been for DECADES. If all of the women left the military it would not revert back to a place and time of reverence for manhood again because people know the COST of war. If we were to go back to hand to hand combat then masculinty would reign supreme again. But no one wants the blood-bath of hand to hand combat. Americans now want avoidance of war at all costs and the DIPLOMATIC mind and INTELLECTUAL skills to accomplish it is what is now held in high regard. Providing and protecting the safety of the country is wanted BEFORE war is even on the table. Education, not physical fitness, negotiation not battles, and communication, not combat became desired. The loss and maiming of life has become too costly for citizens. 

People believe women changed the military by entering the military. Men feel as though they lost something or something was taken away from them after women were allowed to join the military. Wives, children, and single women have always lost when men went off to war. For many men who served in the military during wars, they returned feeling less of a man after having life-altering injuries.

Manhood and war no longer go hand in hand, and does anyone really want it to be what DEFINES a man?