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ORIGINAL: littleclip

what say you to the news

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ORIGINAL: littleclip

i take it you do not support gender equality

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

What does it mean by women have to register for draft?
Compulsory military service?

Yes, as is done in Israel. When you have a relatively small nation which is surrounded by either their enemies or potential threats, then it is understandable that desperate times call for desperate measures.

I'm speaking in broad strokes and do not care to nitpick. When there are not enough able-bodied men to replace fallen soldiers, it is quite common for ordinary (non-conscripted) citizens to take up arms.
When Nazi Germany was facing defeat on many fronts, young German children joined the ranks of soldiers as a last ditch effort.
Historically, women have come to the defense of their tribal nations, joined their husbands in battle against invaders, etc. Women have also become marauders, and these assorted bands of women whose male warriors were wiped out became legendary Amazons, many of them widowed mothers left with young children to raise and protect from further annihilation.

It is never a good sign of strength in numbers when a formerly prosperous, thriving society cannot rely upon an abundant resource of martially trained, combat-ready males (along with those females who choose to volunteer for the Armed Forces) to maintain military might without having to resort to rounding up its women or age-inappropriate non-combatants to expose them directly to the dangers of warfare.
JMPO, strictly speaking from a pseudo-sociological and anthropological standpoint.

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i take it you do not support gender equality

Nope. Not even remotely.
Especially not in the sense that "women and men should be treated exactly the same".

Women and men fundamentally are not the same, and as such, treating them as if they are is idiotic in my book.

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the us army sec of defense says that women will have to register for the draft if full equality is to be done today.
I think this is a great step forward foe equality in the army as well as helping to build a larger and more diverse force.
what say you to the news

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the us army sec of defense says that women will have to register for the draft if full equality is to be done today.
I think this is a great step forward foe equality in the army as well as helping to build a larger and more diverse force.
what say you to the news

I am against registration of any sort, don't want the expense of an unnecessary army, believe the navy should be the only military branch and all other operations as pertains to the general welfare and safety of our people and our land against our enemy's should be solidified under that branch. The main problem is that such would be beneficial and cost effective to everyone who wasn't filling their own coffers from tax payer dollars or making bank off the Army-Navy game.

Alternatively, we could institute a draft solely comprised of females ages about 40-60 and let menopause take care of the rest.


[Alternatively, we could institute a draft solely comprised of females ages about 40-60 and let menopause take care of the rest. /]
for me I think a battalion of leather clad Dommes could end the conflict in the middle east in about a week just saying


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ORIGINAL: littleclip
no compulsory service for male or female just registering for the draft.

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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no compulsory service for male or female just registering for the draft.

Still don't understand.

If it's voluntary, then why is it even a gender issue? Then any gender should be able to join if they want to.

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yes currently all men 18-35 have to register for selective service or join the military. with all the combat jobs now open to both genders it stands to reason that females should be likewise required to register 18-35.

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

Okay, i was a little puzzled, because US is involved, and from what I understand, if men don't need to serve compulsory military, then why do women have to?

Are they making all men serve compulsory military service?

In my country, all men serve compulsory military service, and basically, all the men are part of the military strength when war happens, all are military ready to step in.

There has been alot of calls from men to get women to serve as well, but I suspect why it isn't happening is because of the cost to the country it would be, to pay the salaries of all these women as well during their military service.

As how it works is, whatever your normal job is, when you are called back in, that's the same amount they have pay you. So if you are making 100k per annum, they are paying you that rate. And you have to spend several times a year, a few weeks each, back inside.

And during initial training, that's 2 years of allowance, and food and lodgings they gotta sponsor for free. So it's a huge investment. Women cost more, they gotta pay for pads and tampons. Maybe even conditioner.

Last of all, once women serve military service, at least the mentality in my country is that, they have done their duty to the country. And after that, they don't want to hear about having kids ever. At the moment, the government is pressuring the women for their "military service" to have kids or have more kids.

But there is nothing wrong in making military service equal, as long as they don't go stupid and gender boxed certain jobs. Like military cooks to women, or military nurses to women, and crap like that. If I had compulsory military service, I want to be full on combat!