You love us when we're heroes, home on leave,
Or wounded in a mentionable place.
You worship decorations; you believe
That chivalry redeems the war's disgrace.
You make us shells. You listen with delight,
Women love the idea of an injured soldier, he has been through a trauma protecting them. This line also seems to be a dig at women who may have been horrified or unbecoming to men who were injured in especially undesirable ways. The line suggests those with traumatic injuries were stigmatized for their image- perhaps an important part of the image of the glorified soldier necessitates one remains handsome.
Glory of Women