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Kasz216 on 03 January 2011
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Kantor said:
pizzahut451 said:
Kantor said:
pizzahut451 said:

It should be a duty for men and voluntary for women IMO.

And its not about serving your government but serving your country.

Why should it be a duty for men? What has a "country" done for men (not that a country can do anything), which it hasn't done for women?

If it were up to me, I'd pull out of Afghanistan tomorrow.


I never said women should be in the army at all.I said it shouldn't be a duty for them. And I'd like to see your country invaded and than you posting a bolded sentence like that.

My country never will be invaded. And if it were to be invaded, half the population would leave and the other half would embrace the new rulers, most likely. The government would be the first to join the latter group.

As for women, what do you suppose their duty should be? Cooking for the army? Come on. Everyone in a country has the same duties; that's the very basis of equality. I think that if women expect equal rights to men, they should take equal actions, so if (atheist God forbid) there were a draft, it should be for both genders.

Yeah, the draft or lack of a draft should be the same for everybody.  The only reason it isn't in the US I think is because nobody expects a draft to ever happen.

People forget many things when they get stuck in gender stereotypes... the big two here being

 

A) You don't need to be that big to even be a frontline soldier.  Not now a days with guns.

B) Despite the fact that women are born less phsically able... there are still a TON of women out there who can beat you up.  Like physically kick your ass pretty eaisly unless you are in the very top tier for men.... and if we are having a draft... it's because we need a LOT more then that top tier.