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When I was laid off in January, in the middle of reporting this story, I resigned myself to not finishing it. @o_ema never did. She convinced BuzzFeed to re-hire me as a freelancer for one last project so we could make sure these women's stories were heard.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
.@o_ema and I spent months reporting out this story on how military doctors' dismissal of women's health issues as "female problems" often has horrific consequences, putting female service members' lives at risk and hurting the US military as a whole buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
"Problem soldiers," "girly issues," "whiny," "complainers," "not tough enough."
Meanwhile female troops just want military doctors to not brush their pain off as "female stuff" - so they can do their damn jobs while deployed abroad risking their lives. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
Meanwhile female troops just want military doctors to not brush their pain off as "female stuff" - so they can do their damn jobs while deployed abroad risking their lives. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
Seriously, just read these stories.
Can you imagine being deployed in Iraq, in sudden acute pain, and the best military doctors can do is accuse you of having an STD?
They only acknowledged it was bad when she couldn't walk to meals. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
Can you imagine being deployed in Iraq, in sudden acute pain, and the best military doctors can do is accuse you of having an STD?
They only acknowledged it was bad when she couldn't walk to meals. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
These are not obscure medical problems - either basic womens' health or just ignorance of how military service impacts women differently than men. When they went to civilian doctors, the women we spoke with were immediately diagnosed, for many too late buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
This year, a DOD-sponsored study will begin the first comprehensive survey of female service members’ health issues since 1989.
1989!! That's 30 years of often horrific anecdotes, told behind closed doors, with little data to back it up & force solutions buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
1989!! That's 30 years of often horrific anecdotes, told behind closed doors, with little data to back it up & force solutions buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
It’s taken women rising to leadership positions — four-star generals, combatant commanders, and lawmakers on armed services committees — for these serious problems to gain any traction. buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/wom…
“This is important not just for warfighting but also for retention,” @SenDuckworth told me. “If we don’t address these issues, women are more likely to leave the military, and taxpayers lose a lot of money when skilled soldiers, airwomen & sailors leave” buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/wom…
