Comments on: Homelessness Increases Among Female Veterans

By: More Female Vets Now Becoming Homeless… Oh Look, Sarah Palin’s Wearing Waders! « Louise’s Snack Bar

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:06:29 +0000

[...] is a big problem, so why isn’t it getting more national attention and discussion?Gah… The number of female service members who have become homeless after leaving the military [...]

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Links for February 4th from 13:45 to 18:02 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:33:50 +0000

[...] Feministe: Homelessness Increases Among Female Veterans – “the rates of homelessness, not to mention stubstance abuse, trauma and other lasting impacts of combat, need to be dealt with across the board, for both men and women. But the solutions might not be the same across the board, because the causes may also be different. And in working out solutions to this problem — real, long-term solutions that go beyond the necessity of providing beds for people to sleep in — that needs to be taken into account.” [...]

By: Mike Crichton

Mike Crichton — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:25:06 +0000

180,000 female troops now serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Um, no. That’s the number of troops, total. 20% of that, is how many are female.

By: Rosanna

Rosanna — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:13:38 +0000

Ugh, don’t even get me started on the VA. The love of my life has permanent back injuries and chronic back pain thanks to their lack of services and care.

By: Antigone

Antigone — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:11:50 +0000

Ginmar talks about how much the VA sucks for women on her blog a lot.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:34:53 +0000

To be honest, I don’t really see the military rape problem getting solved as long as we remain highly militarized. Our army thrives on, perpetuates and wouldn’t function without the widespread warped masculinity which makes some men think that it’s okay to do anything they want to a woman.

A “real long term solution” might be to get rid of those wars we’re fighting and cut our army down to a fraction of its current size, with the eventual goal of ending war and eliminating the military industrial complex altogether.

Oh, and this would mean that less men would end up homeless vets as well.

By: Amanda in the South Bay

Amanda in the South Bay — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:30:17 +0000

Obama just appointed Tammy Duckworth (who really should be in Congress right now) as an Assistant VA secretary, so I think there is hope.

By: ArmyVetJen

ArmyVetJen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:46:40 +0000

SWAN, the Service Womens Action Network is starting a new project around VA claim denial for Military Sexual Trauma. Hoepfully we will be able to shed more light on teh problem but also solutions. http://servicewomen.org/ Information on that to go up soon.

As a veteran speaking to lots of other female vets I see a nasty pattern of the variety of issues women face all but being ignored. Vets who have experienced sexual assault aren’t able to find programs that focus on that (although it seems more often they can find indivual counselors).

Female combat vets seem to only be funneled to sexual assault treatment or programs that include angry men that don’t facilitate healing.

The VA can all too often be a negative experience in of itself.

Its no wonder the homeless population is rising as less justice and more frustration is found.