really?

the USO has decided to give recognition to female soldiers

via make up and cosmo (yes, the magazine)

can i just interject and ask

what the fuck?

although i think it is fantastic that the government

is acknowledging women soldiers

i greatly dislike stereotypes so

you can imagine my utmost disappointment

that they are sending mascara, tampons, face masks and

a magazine that tells women how to get men (via their bodies and sexuality)

i am going to be blunt and argue that this is bullshit

and the government is completely side-stepping the fact that

the majority of female soldiers become rape victims

(just fyi, it is "our own people" that are raping "our own people")

it is not an us/them situation

it is an us/us situation

the government is completely side stepping the fact that

a female soldier was found with

burn marks all over her body and shot in the head

with a very powerful corrosive poured into her vagina

she was deemed suicidal.

truth?

it was a fellow male soldier who was convicted after her family fought

real hard to get her case investigated

(i am talking about lavina johnson...i still have the article if anyone wants to read it

it is highly disturbing, though)

the female soldiers need protection.

from their own people.

we need to target sexual abuse and discrimination

not send tubes of mascara.

thanks to feministing for the heads up and for the picture.

(www.feministing.com)