[lily.]

Ok, I have no service record, but I do have one major opinion in all this, and it's regarding the media coverage.

I think there was far too much attention on the woman. She was all over the papers, yet there was very little coverage given to the men. They are all supposed to be "equal", and clearly they are not.

Also, I object to the term "hero mum". I don't think there is anything the least bit heroic about having a child and then leaving that child with someone else while you go to war. It's very simple. You make a choice. You are either a soldier at war or a mother. You can't do both. If you don't want to be the primary carer of your child, then why bother having one in the first place?

I'm sure this will spark some interesting debate, especially from some of the feminist posters, and I'm sure my views wont prove to be popular, but I call it like I see it.