https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgx103wkl1o

"During this peacetime period, there will be no permission procedures. We are suspending the permission requirement as long as military service is voluntary," Pistorius said.

This proves that when men make a stink about their issues things change! I have seen NUMEROUS posts on social media with tens of thousands of upvotes calling BS on this requirement. There is ZERO doubt that those posts were read by the people in Germany's government. Public outrage WORKS!