Devorah Firestone
1 min readDec 24, 2022

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Post-service, they’re not a minority at all, they’re a majority.

No, I've literally spent thousands of hours of my life assisting such people, from disabled vets needing my help to taking all those complaints, long tearful, tough, depressing complaints. Talk to your women soldiers, for real. You tarnish your country by denying the wrongdoing. Don't ask women to serve when the men who are supposed to have their backs so routinely mess up.

When I say I've grown up next to the Pentagon, I don't mean I stood next to the building and YOU KNOW THAT.

I've worked with these people daily for many years and have lived in their communities. Even Military.com admits how bad the problem is. If I'd give my life and my well-being for my country, then respect from those who are supposed to have my back needs to be a given. It's not too much to ask. Don't expect women to serve until you and your ilk can be true brothers to those women.

This is right up there with politicians getting mad that people don’t vote when they’re not being served. Vote for who? MEN get the privilege of generally being safe from their own brothers in arms. Women NEVER have that.

https://www.military.com/benefits/military-legal/court-martial-ucmj-legal-policies/sexual-assaults-military-continue-rise-major-legal-reform-wont-take-effect-years.html

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Devorah Firestone
Devorah Firestone

Written by Devorah Firestone

Engineer for people with disabilities, actress, long-term activist, scholar. Loves cooking, Porsche and boats. #antiwar #inclusion #films #A11y

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