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I really have no problem with men being the only ones required to enlist. I think most men would rather volunteer to go overseas in a wartime situation than to allow their neighbor girl to get sent off in a draft.
For those of you arguing the posters point about physical activity among men vs. women. It is common knowledge that men are generally genetically superior to women for physical activity. There are some weak men, and strong women, but for the most part the expected range of testosterone levels are much higher for men (about 90% higher).
Obviously the entire military isn't physical. But I still would feel better getting shipped overseas than allowing a young woman to get sent if she didn't want to go.
[quote=maurb;25957629] If women don't have the same requirement to register for the draft, why should they have the same opportunity as men to enlist?
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ok, so I keep my head in the sand..............but when was the draft reinstated?
It amazes me to no end how nobody seems willing to challenge this double-standard. If women don't have the same requirement to register for the draft, why should they have the same opportunity as men to enlist?
IMO, it's time to either require everyone to register(not just men) or do away with selective service, altogether.
Perhaps the powers that be forsee an huge increase in the population and/or too many issues related to reproduction if females were drafted.
It amazes me to no end how nobody seems willing to challenge this double-standard. If women don't have the same requirement to register for the draft, why should they have the same opportunity as men to enlist?
IMO, it's time to either require everyone to register(not just men) or do away with selective service, altogether.
Great. Let's do away with wars altogether. Looking over the history of human kind, the overwhelming majority have been started by men -- so you shouldn't have any trouble in stopping them.
As for double-standards, why is it that men think they have a right over women's bodies, yet not one man has ever had to bear the result of their sexual folly?
Face it. Life isn't fair, regardless of what anyone thinks it should be -- it is not.
To the argument that not all military love are combat...that is true HOWEVER, everyone in theater needs to be capable of combat in case a position is overrun...otherwise we'd just have civilians doing those jobs.
Plus, at least when I was in women were only required to lift 40# yet most mechanics boxes weighed 80-100# ....guess how their toolboxes got to the equipment...you guessed it, a MAN had to carry it for them...he had to either carry two or make two trips...but got paid the same!
My wife and I agree that women should have equal opportunity in both life and death.
If women enlist they should have the opportunity to get their head blown off just like a man who enlists does.
That is not a crack at equal rights for women but an honest answer concerning how women should have equal rights and opportunities in all aspects of living and dying.
If a woman enlists and earns the right to be in the armed forces then it should include all aspects period.
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