“Misconceived equality
The Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights (NKF) considers female conscription as a misunderstanding of the concept of gender equality and the intentions of the Law on Equality. Gender equality implies first and foremost that women and men should have the same human rights and fundamental freedoms. Women should be valued and allocated power and resources on equal terms with men. But women and men do not have to be alike or do the same things to be equal.”

Sources:

https://womenalliance.org/no-to-female-conscription/
https://kvinnesak.no/kvinnesak-static/media/pdf/B86ED9E371FD2ED98B26074094030601up4fb61d.05.pdf

Literally this 😂:

Feminists of NKF: We want gender equality!

(Norway introduces gender neutral conscription)

Feminist of NKF: W-Wait n-no we take it back! this is not what we actually meant by equality! It doesn’t mean men and women need to have equal duties!

As 16F, I strongly think we need voluntary military service, but if conscription is necessary (e.g voluntariness fails to produce desired results, troop shortages, existential threat, etc.). then I believe it should be BOTH men and women.

Also their argument and my counter-argument:

Feminists’ argument: women carry most of the burden of caregiving and unpaid work. They shouldn’t bear the burden of conscription on top of this.

Counter-argument: you cannot fix private sphere inequalities by establishing inequality in public-sphere laws. By conscripting women into military, it forces a societal shift where men must step up to handle domestic and caregiving roles, therefore fixing the gender inequality of unpaid domestic work. So, if you exempt women from doing compulsory military service, it creates dangerous feedback loop where the law basically says, “Because you take care of the kids and the elderly, we won't make you serve.” labeling unpaid domestic work and caregiving as women’s work.