Female WWII pilots to receive Congressional Gold Medal without seeing combat

What is the difference between these female pilots and male civilian contractors during WW2?

A vagina?

Why do you have to point out that the award is issued "without seeing combat"? It clearly states that combat is not required for the medal.

The equivelent in the military would be a meritorious unit accomodation. A Medal of Honor requires combat, however there are also many benifits for recieving a MoH other than just a pat on the back. Some of those benifits include monetary compensation for life from the US Government, free college, and assistance/compensation to the dependants of the rewardee.

I don't understand why this article is on a MRA site unless you wish to try to point out that men did not recieve the same pat on the back. Most men were involved with the war machine itself, which is why women were needed for programs such as the one in this article.

Take a look at the MoH recipients list from WWII and let me know how many women you find on it. I believe its 2 (I could be wrong) and both of them are nurses that shielded people with thier own bodies.

I think a congratulations for helping a tremendous war is well deserved.

good for them, and many thanks.
i think what many MRA's probably see again and again and again,
is the rush to, at the slightest provocation,
bow down and worship at the great holy vagina.

"senators swarm to bill to cite wasps".

hard to see "equality" or any sense of "fairness",
when you have your lips pressed so tightly against
the buttocks of certain groups constantly wanting,
expecting, and always demanding more, more, more.

and manginas always ready to bow, grovel and serve
these "deserving" groups.

barf

Men and women both have historically faced oppressions and discriminations. But it is women's oppressions that are almost exclusively the ones recognized in Amerika today.

Likewise, it is very PC for Amerika today to say that women's contributions have been "under-appreciated." Yet their contributions are far more appreciated today than those of men. I guess male disposability is so much an expectation and a tradition, only the most exceptional male contributions are to be recognized.

Yes, a lot of extras were/are attached to receiving the Medal of Honor, most notably male death.

I do understand and even agree with you daveinga about the constant ass-kissing that is done twords women. Also the men that keep doing it are even worse then the women that expect it. All in all, I thank you for pointing out the dissent with this entry.

I would like to add however, that this article seems more to me to just be a group who finally got proper recognition for assisting the armed forces. I am a Former Marine and I know first hand how hard it is to get ribbons and medals that a person has earned, so I ignored the female perspective and looked at it more as a veteran perspective.

The ass-kissers are out in full force for this article, but it just seems like a bad example to use on a MRA site when the same award was given to groups of people who did other things for the military. Navajo code breakers were a govenment secret and once they were declassified then they recieved this same reward.

It just seems like a very muddy topic to try and say "look at how they kiss ass to these women!" They also kissed ass every time this award has been issued.

You are mistaken thinking death was a condition for recieving the Medal of Honor. Yes it was often awarded after death, but it was not a requirement.

As I said, I agree that ass-kissers for women were out in full force because its a womens orginization. I think it focused too much on the fact they were women.

My first response had more to do with the way the article was placed on this website. I dont tend to read the sources very much, as I get sick of reading the same tired "women are awesome" articles. The person who submitted this thought it was signifigant that they were recieving an award from the government even "without seening combat". I just found that to be a silly thing to point out when combat isn't a requirement for the medal, and there are medals which are given for combat that hold more prestige.

"Likewise, it is very PC for Amerika today to say that women's contributions have been "under-appreciated." Yet their contributions are far more appreciated today than those of men. I guess male disposability is so much an expectation and a tradition, only the most exceptional male contributions are to be recognized."

I completely agree with this. I think women are over appreciated for the very little they contribute, and that men are generally under appreciated when contributing. The government though cannot be expected to personally issue medals and handshakes to every private that has ever served in the armed forces, and so it falls that only exceptional men get the handshake and recognition.

The truly sad thing is the media treats any women who contributes the same as those men who are recognized when it is obvious men have to sacrifice much more for that recognition.

You said,"You are mistaken thinking death was a condition for recieving the Medal of Honor. Yes it was often awarded after death, but it was not a requirement."

You earlier said, "however there are also many benifits for recieving a MoH other than just a pat on the back."

I never said it was a requirement. I said a lot of extras (borrowing on your earlier intimation) were/are attached to receiving it, most notably male death, and most often it is a male death club. I fully stand by what I said. Male disposability is just so profitable to misandrist Amerika that misandrist Amerika needs to continue highly promoting it (honoring it) to keep it that way.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it could be construed as a... very slight... slight on the men's rights movement. But women can be recognized for their achievements, especially unique ones like this. Wouldn't we want our own achievements in the men's rights movements to be recognized in 50 years? We probably won't get the Medal of Honor, yeah, and there were certainly men who deserve the award as much as they do. I think it will be easiest to push the men's rights movement while catering to some issues that are still considered "politically correct". To me this story is less worrisome than so many others.