Time to End a Last Vestige of Gender Inequality in the Armed Services

DaneWhitman · 2015-09-07T21:28:39+00:00

A woman’s life is no more valuable that a man’s and no less valuable on the battlefield. It’s time for the Selective Service Act to reflect the times. In the name of equality, Congress needs to amend the law.

Surprising, but heartening, to see this written in a mainstream publication like Newsweek (and by a woman, no less).

jtaylor73003 · 2015-09-07T21:38:16+00:00

Love see this in Men'sLib and/or Feminism.

2015-09-08T10:38:06+00:00

I'm just glad I got out of the Army. I deployed twice to Afghanistan, both times as an MP which is a coed MOS. Women were the cause of more problems than I would ever willingly subject myself to again.

pnw_diver · 2015-09-07T22:28:56+00:00

I agree in principal, but unlike most people, I don't think women should be in the core combat arms roles. The US has never fought a war with a military with the added complication of Marine rifle companies filled with 19 year old boys mixed in with young women, and I think that it will ultimately be a mistake if and when the US has a true battlefield war to fight, one where there are lots and lots of American casualties. Selective Service is not going to be used for elective counter-insurgencies like Iraq. Selective Service would only be used if the US faced a battlefield war on par with World War II, and in such circumstances, feminists and their men allies will find that certain ideological views they hold don't stand the test of battle well.

Title	Time to End a Last Vestige of Gender Inequality in the Armed Services
Author	DaneWhitman
Upvotes	14
Comments	10
Date	September 7, 2015 9:26 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/3k0lt2/time_to_end_a_last_vestige_of_gender_inequality/
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