AZ Official Fired For Saying Menstrual Cycles May Cause Issues For Women In Combat
Source: TPM
IGOR BOBIC 6:45 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2013
The director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, Joey Strickland, resigned on Wednesday and his newly hired assistant, Terri Proud, has been fired after she cited menstrual cycles as one possible reason women may not be suited for combat.
“It would have been hard for me if my mother had been in that position,” Proud said of her mother, a nurse in the Army, according to the Arizona-Sonora News Service. “I understand that women want to be on the front lines, and they want to do their service and women are very strong. We’ve really come far through the years. We’re extremely strong.” She then added: “Women have certain things during the month I’m not sure they should be out there dealing with. I don’t know how to address that topic in a very diplomatic manner.”
Proud made headlines last year when, as a one-term state representative, she wrote an email to a constituent saying that every woman seeking an abortion should be required to witness one in person. Strickland hired her as an administrative assistant despite explicit instructions to not do so, according to the governor's office.
“Col. Strickland was given very specific instructions about a year ago to avoid hiring this individual," Matt Benson, a spokesman for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) told the News Service. "He chose to do so anyway and unfortunately that individual’s questionable judgment was on display this week with some ill chosen public remarks regarding women in the military."
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