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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a woman (also a veteran). I think young women should sign up for selective service, just as young men do.  We can’t complain about wanting equality only when it suits our needs. [/quote]

You’re making an assumption there. It’s not about just not liking the idea. There are other reasons that our daughters are, simply put, not on the same footing as the men. [b]Gender prejudice, harassment, assault, to name a few. [/b]

I have lots of service members in my family. So don’t tell me these are not problems. [/quote]

[b]The solution to these problems is not to run away and hide. The solution is to be there, always. If you keep it a man's world, it will always be a man's world.[/quote][/b]

I agree with this. More women in the military means more women advanced to leadership roles. Women in leadership roles can push for and make the changes necessary to improve the military.

Like some of the others that have responded to this thread, I am a female veteran.[/quote]

Being a female veteran doesn't give you more of an opinion than anyone else. Great, you served. Thank you and duly noted. But, sorry, no, i do not think young women need to suck it up in the lower levels of military service -with adherence to rules, orders, and very little opportunity to say no- just to advance women's rights in the military branches. That's someone one CHOOSES, not something one is ordered to do.

The military has not shown that it consistently takes harassment and assault allegations seriously. Until it does - and if you choose to be the one to press that, you have my utmost respect- women should not be FORCED to be subject to it.[/quote]

I am the poster you are responding to and no I don't think my opinion is worth more than other opinions. I stand by my previous statement (which was in agreeance with a previous poster)--more women in leadership roles within the military will improve things for all servicemembers.

My service (and the service of other women in the armed forces) is important because we have a perspective that those who have chosen not to serve do not have.  Does that mean that our opinion is 'worth' more than yours? No, but I am willing to bet that myself and other female veterans are more informed about the inner workings of the military and what it might take to improve things than those who have never served. In this case, I agree with the previous poster...the way to fix things is to have more women at the table and in decision making positions.
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