Should women be drafted in the event the draft is reinstated?

Question

Currently, despite all the strides made in the last hundred years to bring gender equality to our laws, only young men turning 18 are required to register for the selective service. In the event a draft is reinstated, would you advocate having it include women, and if so, should there be any limitations on whether women fight in combat?

Answer 1

Yes. I wouldn't put any limitations on it either. If women truly want to be equal then they'd better be ready to fight.

Answer 2

Certainly they should be required to have the same responsibilities to their country as men do and it is their right. But here is the thing to remember they must be made to achieve the same physical requirements the men are. And before some feminist says that is misogynistic I am not saying that to put women down or make it so they could not serve. I say that because a fighting force needs to have all of it's soldiers at as close to the same physical ability. This is for safety reasons a squad can only move as fast as it's slowest member and can only achieve it's mission if all of it's soldiers are as capable as the next. So troops should be separated into units based on ability. Everyone in a unit would be more or less equal in ability that way and commanders would be able to pick units for missions based on the overall unit capability.

Answer 3

McCain is a warmonger without buddies, to boot the Bully Bush/Cheney gang, or maybe they did no longer sing "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran". McCain is quietly laying low now that he's seeking to get elected, could you remember his in the past chants. he's a classic military guy, brainwashed to trespass and kill, kill, kill. Who cares, flush that funds down the Iraqi bathing room, the taxpayers who do no longer look millionaires pays for it. Like Bush/Cheney, he'd on the different hand make enemies than friends. Yeah, he'd reinstate the draft, in a heartbeat..

Answer 4

I'm guessing that part of the reason the draft has not included women in the past (or, at least, part of the reasoning behind it) was that someone had to stay home and care for children. Well, since times have changed, things would have to be done a little differently. But maybe it does still need to be somewhat selective. What if the mother is already in the military? Should the father be drafted in as well? What about gay couples that have children? Surely, at least one parent should be exempt.

However, in actuality, I'm completely against the draft for men or women. I would support anyone who chose to not adhere to the draft, male or female.

(wait- can gays be drafted? I assume so, as long as they go along with it and adhere to "don't ask, don't tell." I think I've confused myself a bit though. Be gentle, I am giving up coffee this week.)

Answer 5

Yes, women should be required to register for selective service (and thus be drafted), and yes they should be allowed to fight in combat.

Why? (Not that you asked ;-) Because:
1. They are capable of it.
2. It would send the message that women are equally capable in this matter.
3. It would hopefully discourage the draft, and wars (and especially the unprovoked invasion of another country), if all citizens were able to be drafted.

It might make sense to have a clause that only 1 parent is drafted... but let's worry about that in the extremely unlikely event that the patriarchy allows women to be drafted and even fight in combat. (Not that women haven't died in war; many have, soldiers or not).

Now, what if people over 35 could be drafted? Particularly the legislative branch people that declared the war in the first place? What if they had to put their life on the line for the war they so strongly proclaim they believe in? What if they had to take combat positions? How many wars would we then have?

Answer 6

Those of you so quick to draft women and put then in combat, better think again. By law women are barred from combat positions. This includes armor, infantry, artillery and the like. Support positions that have combat thrust upon them are another matter. This is rather world wide. Those of you who wish to provide examples, such as the Israeli army, need to check your facts first. Combat is a man's purview most of the time and for very good reasons. Talk is cheap; especially for those that have never been in combat.

Rio. Many have thought that " skills " would put them in certain places in the Army. The Army makes such decisions based on many factors.

Answer 7

Yes, they should. It's only fair. The arguments used against drafting women in the early 1980s when the selective service listing was re-instated were pretty pathetic. People actually argued that drafting young women would be detrimental to families. I don't understand why because most women are not married when they turn 18 and many don't have children either. This argument also bothered me in how it's all right for young men who might be married and have families to be drafted. It shows that men are considered to be more disposable in our society.

Answer 8

* If the draft is reinstated, yes it should include women! Equality Opportunity !!

Answer 9

Yep, if the draft was reinstated, just like men, women who meet the draft requirements should be required to fight. Women don't need to be protected or given special exemptions.

Edit: Read "Band of Sisters-American Women at War in Iraq". US women are fighting and dying in Iraq; many have children; and some families have both parents serving in the military in Iraq. Many of the concerns you've expressed about a draft, are already being dealt with right now.

Answer 10

sure why not but if there are children then at least one human on that family whom is an adult should stay.. if the women is a better shot then her partner then yes she would be drafted because of skill.

however i don't think both female and males in a household should go unless there is someone who is able to care for a child!