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In reply to the discussion: The White House Says Women Should Be Required to Register for the Military Draft [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)118. Welcome to DU, and I agree. It is nonsense. eom
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The White House Says Women Should Be Required to Register for the Military Draft [View all]
guillaumeb
Dec 2016
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I don't know any women who fought to be forced by men to kill and die without their consent.
stone space
Dec 2016
#182
I'm fine with women in infantry, but they should have to meet the same standard
Travis_0004
Dec 2016
#35
I've been in favor of this for decades. Equal rights demand equal responsibilities.
MADem
Dec 2016
#198
Since they can and do pay out of pocket, they don't face the same requirement.
suffragette
Dec 2016
#145
When loopholes are available to rich people, but not to poor, then the requirement is not equal.
suffragette
Dec 2016
#176
Tying penalties to financial resources necessary to those outside the rich creates an inequal
suffragette
Dec 2016
#181
This is an attempt to deny women an education. That is what this is all about. (nt)
stone space
Dec 2016
#90
Can you prpomise that women who refuse to register will be allowed access to education?
stone space
Dec 2016
#93
So you fully support denying women access to education if they refuse to pick up a gun, huh?
stone space
Dec 2016
#103
Actually, many still will not. They still haven't figured out how to get men to register.
stone space
Dec 2016
#82
This will deny many women an education, under the ongoing Pacifist Purges of the Solomon Amendment.
stone space
Dec 2016
#61
Personally, I don't think we should have a registration for the thing, at all.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2016
#76
Im not sure this is really leverage unless there actually is threat of a draft
davidn3600
Dec 2016
#79
and WWIII wouldn't be fought with infantry, it would be fought with thermonuclear bombs.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2016
#80
Given the general level of misogyny, and given the stories about sexua violence in the military,
guillaumeb
Dec 2016
#116
And what if the US concentrated on rebuilding itself rather than military force
guillaumeb
Dec 2016
#123
Until the ERA is passed, women do not have a legal basis for joining the military.
ancianita
Dec 2016
#108
The first 22 female officers sworn in after graduation from WP in June for active combat role...
Historic NY
Dec 2016
#140
Which is a sign of progress that women are now, in 2016, finally considered "fit"
guillaumeb
Dec 2016
#141
I agree with this. If we are going to be a warring nation, we should all share the burden.
Squinch
Dec 2016
#179
Yes, but we would need a lot more support for a move to that position than we currently have.
Squinch
Dec 2016
#185
Because so few really pay for it directly. We just send those kids out to do our dirty work
Squinch
Dec 2016
#187
Yep. But so many of us don't ever have to see that. And we treat them like shit when
Squinch
Dec 2016
#190
While you are, first of all, paying soldiers so little that they qualify for food stamps, and then
Squinch
Dec 2016
#194
The psychopaths at the top won't care, but more regular citizens won't like it.
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#196