Women's Rights Blog

http://www.womensrightsblog.net/

I decided to focus once again on a blog surrounding women’s rights but this time focusing on the military aspect. This particular blog I found very interesting because it speaks to many different issues women face today. One of the most recent postings discusses the story of PFC. Monica Brown who is 18 years old. Monica is a medic and while serving her country over in Afghanistan she ran through a hail of gunfire to help her fellow soldiers in a disabled and burning vehicle. These wounded soldiers happened to also be male, when she returned from Afghanistan she was praised for her duties. Vice President Dick Cheney pinned Monica with the Silver Star (which is the third highest award in our country for combat) for her bravery. Soon after this happened Monica was told she probably shouldn’t have been there to begin with, yet she gets to keep the Silver Star. Monica is only the second woman to receive this award since WWII. Just a few days after her heroic mission the Army pulled Brown out of her cavalry unit and said because she was a woman she was barred from these missions. I find it very interesting that right after she saves countless male lives, while risking her own several times, she is sent home because she can’t handle these missions due to the fact she is a woman. What happens if there is another incident like before and those men need saving? I wonder if they thought through this or if they were just too concerned with their egos and made a quick decision. They said the reasoning for her being on the last mission in which she saved so many lives was because they had to because they didn’t have any other medics. I find this ridiculous and clearly such rules as these need to be further looked at and changed because clearly women are more than capable of fighting and saving lives.