European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Pago 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am 12 and have a steady Job and to debts. The Man i want to marry is 46. Retired Wilh a Small income. When Larry decided it was Lime for me to meet his four Chil Dren age 18 to 29 die trouble started. Twenty minutes after i met the first one she salted me for j80 la buy Poe tries. The Sec Ond child asked if he could Bor Row my truck for the weekend. Lold him i needed the transportation far myself. He was offended and did t say one word to me for inc a of the evening. The third child said i am to Happy to meet you. Now i will have a baby Sitter for the 1 Lold her that most of my weekends Art spent with my horses Al rodeos which her father enjoys As much is i do. The fourth child wanted to move in with me until he could find a Job. He is 24, lives with nil Mother and is a drug dealer. When they Call my House looking for their father he opening sentence is i want to talk to my old Man. Never a hello or How Are Yout la s As if they Don t even know me. I hive been going Wilt this Man for three years and putting off marriage for at least two. Larry lives in a trailer Hal belongs to a Friend. It is an his Friend s land directly across the Road from me. He has no phone so he uses mine. I could Tell you a lot More but i think you get the picture. What Are my chances for a Good marriage to ten Man love him but worried in Louisiana dear Lou Yon know thai marriage to Lairy would probably be i disaster. Jus read Whit you have written. You Don t say Oik a Witiw in Ting about this situation if Yon really want act it say col your losses ind Ball out Pronto. Dear Ann Landers 1 am just sick after Reading another heartbreaking Story in the paper. Please please print Iii letter. It is for All the pregnant girls put there who Are scared and Don t know what to do with their babies that arc about to arrive. Today a Beautiful Newborn boy was found frown to death in a Park under a tree la was subzero weather and the baby was wrapped in two thin blankets and left to die. They say he probably suffered for hours before he finally gave up his life. Because thai Mother did t leave her child in a Church or the lobby of a Hospital where it could have been found several lives have been changed forever. First the baby who was deprived of life second the policeman who will never forget that precious Frozen face third a childless couple who has been deprived of the Chance to adopt and love him and Las but nol least the Mother who is now warned for murder. If this letter saves just one Little life it will have been Worth the pain i suffered when i wrote it. Heartbroken in Connecticut 1 Don t know How Many Litten i ban printed pleading with Young girl who did t want to keep their babies Abbt him to Contact a the Sal tation Amy pm Ysleta a Loeuis worker. All Twy need to Lay is i Waul my baby to hate a belter Home thin i can How Miffy have listened 1 Don l know Tot i m pleading again. It s the honorable mud decent tiling to do and you la sleep better at night. Readers discuss feminism military in 80s pm responding to the letter military meets feminism written by a male Sailor stationed in Greece. Feminism and the traditional family arc not mutually exclusive concepts. Most women must work outside the Home and sexual stereotypes arc rapidly disappear ing. Wake up to the 80s women Black and other minorities Are getting what1 rightfully theirs and what they be struggled so Long and hard to achieve. Irene a Kohn Al Lack West Germany the writer leaves me to assume that he feels that women Are not fit to serve in the armed forces and should be relegated to traditional positions such As looking cleaning and making babies i can recall when Blacks were relegated to certain position in the military because they were unfit to serve in combat or technical career Fields. We re Well on our Way into the 2 is cd Iury and people Are still judging abilities by Sci color National origin Etc. There Are a lol of traditions in America thai Are Good but Are nol perfect. Most of us can remember Edith Bunker of the television series All in the Fame she was a traditional american housewife always wailing on her husband to give her his next command to sit Roll Over speak and fetch the newspaper. Get the picture the traditional family is nol passe it is still there for those who feel comfortable with it. Women or today enjoy knowing that they have the right to choose their own paths through life. That old saying behind every great Man is a woman is outdated. Women have come of age and Are making their own Marks in american history. Get with it before you get left behind staff sgt Clyde d. Dowell ii Tom Jon a Spain first of All 1 am a feminist. I have never met a feminist who was against the family or fell that men have no right to be with their families. This writer is running on a false Assumption about feminists. Feminists believe that men and women should have equal rights and responsibility in All spheres of life family and work. Secondly i would like to slate thai the women in the Navy Are being discriminated against just As much As Are the men. The women Are unable to Advance very far in rank because they have not been Able to obtain the jobs necessary for that advancement especially officers. Although this writer docs have reason for complaint in the Navy it ii not Wilh feminist or women in the Navy that he hat the complaint. He has cause for complaint with Shote who do not allow women in the Navy to hold equal rights and responsibilities with men. It is against these people thai he should com Plain. Feminist everywhere Are for men spending time pen pals with their families including cleaning Houm. Feminists would say. As i do. That this writer should be commended for his desire to spend Lime Wilh his family. Joyce r. Ken nor by Lbw Wresl germ in this response ii not limited to the recent letter and is dedicated to the women who have died in the de sense of our great nation. Some americans have the common sense to realize that antidotes for a Poison called prejudice Art the equal Opportunity and affirmative action organizations established to keep the is. Constitution in Check. There is a combination of circumstances economically politically socially and historically interwoven into the Sel of Complex principles we As americans believe in and have paid the Price for some Wilh their lives. Quoted from a women in the military pamphlet Courtesy of the Community equal Opportunity of fice number women have been involved with ibis nation s defense since its beginning. The United Stales is the world Leader in unit icing women in its military Structure but nol the Only country. So integrated Art women into the . Services that the United slates could not effectively go to War without them. Women have proven in the past 40 years thai they can handle the responsibilities and duties of being an american Soldier. Know and never forget that patriotism has no ten. As current world turmoil reflects War shows no favouritism War does not discriminate and most importantly the Nul War May nol be limited to just the main most people especially women will agree. In answer to this Teller the . 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