A New York Times op-ed highlights the absence of female characters from our war novels, movies and art.

This New York Times op-ed highlights a problem with the vast majority of our war narratives: women are nowhere to be found in them.

The most prized novels, movies and art we have dealing with war are dominated by men. Cara Hoffman, author of Be Safe I Love You, reminds us in this op-ed that women have been serving in the military in some capacity for over 400 years and have never received the same recognition men have for their service. Today, with more women than ever on the front lines of the U.S. military, they continue to struggle for equal recognition. Women are fighting the same wars men are. Returning home, they continue to battle the same physical and psychological  effects of war that men do.

So where are these women in our war novels and films?

Take a look at Hoffman’s op-ed: The Things She Carried.