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Yeah. I'm sure there's a REAL danger of women enlisting, then getting pregnant and raising the child on their own JUST to get benefits. *rolls eyes* No one here says that this woman shouldn't face her obligations. Most of us (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
But how could working for an institution/company/corporation be best for your family when it requires you to leave your family for months, maybe years at a time when you are sole caregiver/guardian of small children? It can be best for (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
How is THAT a logical decision? "I'm about to have a child with little in the way of support from the other parent. I know! I'll leave a good job with good benefits to try to find a job in (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
Bravo to you! You are definitely not alone! You used very good, concise arguments. I'd encourage you to speak up in your class more often if you can put forth such thoughtful discourse. You might even find that you have (posted to I can't stand my english class)
I completely disagree with you. First of all, the OP wasn't the one who "upped the ante." She stated that, in the essay, the author wrote that she was the victim of several rape attempts. Students in the OP's class (posted to I can't stand my english class)
I agree with you there. The father ought to be ashamed of himself..IF he had not already given up his parental rights. Some absentee fathers were men who didn't want anything to do with the baby long before it was (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
I am and becoming a mother is why I do not serve in the Air Force as was my original plan for myself in life. My father was a Marine so I knew what having a child could mean and (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
Because the view is that the single father had no say in whether or not the child would be aborted or (by omission of conception) be placed for adoption. So pretty much, a single father is a hero because he (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
I don't need a lesson on my military history. Thanks. I'll go to the old folks' home if I want first-hand accounts. And pray tell, just what the hell do you know about the military? Let's not feed into pro-war (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
Actually it's pretty easy to get birth control. I've been offered it several times without even asking. I've never heard of any female soldier having problems obtaining BC except during basic training. Mirena was quite popular among the women at (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
