Treated Like a 'Piece of Meat': Female Veterans Endure Harassment at the V.A. (the war on women)

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. How about a policy of

ZERO TOLERANCE ?

Any woman who serves in the military deserves the same respect as men, deserves to be treated with dignity and courtesy, deserves to be heard and listened to, deserves to have her medical issues addressed.

These are principles enshrined in the VA "Patients Bill of Rights."

If ANY woman is being treated disrespectfully by personnel at the VA, SPEAK UP. Contact the Patient Advocate. Every VAMC (VA Medical Center) has one. If you feel that this is not addressing the problem, write a letter to the Commanding Officer AND the Chief of Staff (two different people, two different offices, two different jobs) of that facility. Send those letters "certified mail," this will create a paper trail with dates and signatures. If the problem still persists, contact (via phone call or letter or better still, both) your elected officials. Start with your Senators. And your rep to the House of Representatives. Irrespective of party, they will be upset to her this and act.

I can tell you from personal experience that there are TWO WORDS that NO federal agency ever wants to hear. These words have the ability to make grown men go weak in the knees. Those two words are: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY. Works every time.