Trauma Sets Female Veterans Adrift Back Home

This article written for the New York Times by Patricia Brown tells the heartbreaking and sometimes overlooked reality of female veterans. Brown tells the story of Tiffany Jackson- a former Los Angeles socialite turned solider, and eventually a cocaine addict and military sexual assault victim. Military sexual trauma, abbreviated M.S.T, is described by Brown using logos and pathos, allowing for the staggering statistics and the awful truth of female veterans home lives to be seen. Brown introduces a fact mostly overlooked when it comes to homeless veterans in that female veterans are 60% more likely to be single parents. Brown uses pathos in order to make it clear that not only are women attempting to recover from the violence of war, rape, and other trauma, but they are trying to find basic shelter for not only themselves, but their children as well. Brown's equal use of pathos and logos allow for the reader to understand the pain that is associated with those numbers and the harsh reality of our female servicewomen.