In the book Soldiers on the Home Front$$$ I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone$$$ women commonly suffer more pain$$$ illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth$$$ her children soon leave$$$ hear beauty is gone. Women$$$ who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race$$$ make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together.