Or is it that women want privilege without responsibility...
2007-03-08 07:51:46 · 18 answers · asked by Brian J. 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
There IS a selective service people, like it or not ... and women are not ALLOWED to sign up for it.
To answer your question, asker, many women ARE petitioning for equality of opportunity and responsibility in the military... but until our government disavows its creepily paternal view of women as inherently weak and ends the combat exclusion of women, there's no use in drafting us anyway...
2007-03-08 08:54:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cristy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For those who obviously are unaware:
All men must register with selective service within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
Selective service is the pool from which men will be drafted in case of need and/or a lack of volunteers. Currently, there is no draft but selective service continues. It is federally mandated by law.
Alexandra pegged it. Women want rights without responsibility. If feminists want equality, they could demand selective service and military service be equal instead of demanding only rights for women while ignoring the responsibility that goes along with rights.
2007-03-09 03:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by Phil #3 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what draft? I'm sure all those women in WW 11 who kept the families,businesses , factories mines etc. going would wonder what on earth you were talking about shirking responsibilities. Men would rather not be forcibly drafted either. Someone has to be here to fight for. Someone has to make sure there is something here to come back to. Wars can't go on without someone to grow and harvest food, and build the equipment, and ships,and planes, support the new generation, the list could have gone on and on. Some women have had to fight for the right to enlist, and face all kinds of atrocities because men didn't want them there. I'm proud of the military women, and the military wives and mothers who made serving possible. I doubt there are many women in American history who would not pick up a gun to protect her home, family, and country, if absolutely neccessary. Read your history.
2007-03-08 08:13:17 · answer #3 · answered by Linda L 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is currently no draft, however men are required to register for the draft. For a while, men were not required to register with the selective service, and you did not see young men marching on Washington, demanding that the draft registrations be re-instated.
After all.. who really wants to be forced to a foreign country, where you have a big sign on your back (called a uniform) that advertises to the locals "Shoot me or blow me up!!!"
2007-03-08 08:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you 100% , although the draft is not active, women should be required to register on their 18th birthday just like every other citizen of this country does. I also feel that they should let women be in front line combat operations. I mean after all any enemy that isn't totally retarded is going to attack your logistics support, which does include women. so it would actually be safer fro them to be in actual combat status where the have the best equipment and training to fight back.
2007-03-08 08:51:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't support a draft for men or women. I believe that if a government has to force people to enter a war, that they are no longer of the people, by the people, or for the people.
2007-03-08 17:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there's no draft.
and there have been petitions. go to congress. if they need to start the draft, they have the okay to include women. but they think the costs would outweigh the benefits to make all the women sign up for selective services
but there's no draft !
2007-03-08 10:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who wants to go to war? The Army is not all about going to war, but if you're going to join be ready to go. I see way too many females getting pregnant right before a deployment. I say women are great for the Army just not all of them. We don't need a draft anyway.
2007-03-08 08:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Keith C 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
LOL! There is no draft, and if there were, would YOU be marching on Capitol Hill saying YOU wanted to be drafted? I don't think so.....
2007-03-08 07:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Brian, why aren't you running to Washington to be drafted.
If I am drafted, I would claim the brains over brawn, you don't want to lose me! Besides the fact that I would never do anything that I find unethical.
2007-03-08 08:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Myra G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋