Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:49     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
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Since we haven't had a draft in 40 years - doubt we'd start now. But, yes, theoretically, there is no reason why girls shouldn't sign up for selective service. Although perhaps the child-bearing aspect of sending young girls off to fight and then not having anyone home to continue the species - but then I read WAY to many dystopic/sci-fi books.


Don’t quite understand your thinking. It takes two to continue the species - female AND male.


One man can impregnate hundreds. One woman can only have a small number of children.

Women have to have some skin in the game. Why should women be allowed to vote on sending just the men to fight and die?


By this token we should have a draft since about 95% of our current populace votes on this issue because they assume our "voluntary" military will fight the battle for them and thus they have no skin in the game.

Everyone that pays taxes has skin in the game. How do you think those "voluntary" military members get paid, trained, housed, fed, and equipped?

Paying taxes is not the same as going to war and being drafted is not the same as volunteering. It is very easy with no risk to yourself to say yes let's go to war. You are not going to be pressed in to fighting the war. A drafty has no choice.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:29     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Anonymous wrote:I agree with the idea of a two year service for all young people (age 18).


Great. Then we'll all be in our 30s getting out of school and people will wonder why we don't have children sooner or are financially independent sooner than our parents were.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:27     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
Mother of two daughters and one son. I believe that if my son has to register when he turns 18 (which is a long way off, as he is currently in first grade), then my preschool aged twin daugters should have to register, too. Fair is fair.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:17     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
I agree with the idea of a two year service for all young people (age 18).
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:16     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
Anonymous wrote:
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Since we haven't had a draft in 40 years - doubt we'd start now. But, yes, theoretically, there is no reason why girls shouldn't sign up for selective service. Although perhaps the child-bearing aspect of sending young girls off to fight and then not having anyone home to continue the species - but then I read WAY to many dystopic/sci-fi books.


Don’t quite understand your thinking. It takes two to continue the species - female AND male.


One man can impregnate hundreds. One woman can only have a small number of children.

Women have to have some skin in the game. Why should women be allowed to vote on sending just the men to fight and die?

By that logic, why should men be able to make laws concerning abortion and women's reproductive issues?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:15     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Anonymous wrote:Hope so and its about time.


Agree. Zero reason why females should be exempt. This is equality.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:15     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
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Anonymous wrote:Since we haven't had a draft in 40 years - doubt we'd start now. But, yes, theoretically, there is no reason why girls shouldn't sign up for selective service. Although perhaps the child-bearing aspect of sending young girls off to fight and then not having anyone home to continue the species - but then I read WAY to many dystopic/sci-fi books.


Don’t quite understand your thinking. It takes two to continue the species - female AND male.


You need lots of wombs and relatively few males to repopulate. Reproductivly speaking, women are the more important resource.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:15     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Mother of a DS and a DD. I've spent a lot of time convincing DD she can do anything DS can do (except pee p standing up) and vice versa (except carry a baby). So yes-- if one has to register, they both should. Of course, it would kill me if I had a child or children drafted to a Vietnam type conflict, but I know that if we want our daughters to have equal opportunity, they need to accept equal responsibility. (So maybe I'll revise my answer and say DD should have to register when women make a dollar on a man's dollar in the workforce...)
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:12     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
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Anonymous wrote: would love to see that screamer girl at Yale get drafted. The she will see what an unsafe space is really like.


In case you missed it the last two time - there is no draft.


oh that's just semantics. see, above.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:09     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
Anonymous wrote: would love to see that screamer girl at Yale get drafted. The she will see what an unsafe space is really like.


In case you missed it the last two time - there is no draft.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:08     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's about time too. In fact, I believe in universal mandatory service. There are plenty of non-combat roles in the military. I don't think that it would make sense to draft equally into combat roles and I doubt that would ever happen.


Pardon - why non combat? Carter has said every qualified woman can serve in any combat position. Why would you not draft and then direct physically and mentally qualified young women into combat? I'm sure that could be scary for some, but also for some young men. What's the difference? Is there something special about men and combat? This executive directive to the armed forces would say not.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:07     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Yes they should.
It's about time we had mandatory civil service (a year or two) from everyone in this country. Everyone should have skin in the game and it doesn't have to be direct combat. You can object and sit out but then you don't qualify for fha loans or federal student loans etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:07     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
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Anonymous wrote:Hope so and its about time.


+1000

I mean, can anyone think of a reason why not??!?


Yes.I am anti-registering, male or female. I don't think anyone should have to fight some government's stupid war.


A guy I knew got out of the military because he was a conscientious objector. But he still had to register. Pretty sure the law requires it regardless of one's views on fighting the government's "stupid war."


Well duh, the law requires it. I am saying it should not be a law. Part of being a citizen should not be dying for your government's pet projects. We have not had a war in over 60 years (and I am still not convinced about American involvement in WWII) that Americans had any real interest in. Soldiers become the pawns in government games, and that's great if you choose to do so, but nobody should be compelled to do so, or to even put your name on a list.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:06     Subject: Will daughters be drafted?
Woman of two daughters here and I say yes as well. i think that bootcamp and some military service will do our daughters a lot of good.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2015 12:05     Subject: Re:Will daughters be drafted?
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Anonymous wrote: There is no draft


semantics. Men must register for the selective service which would form draft rolls.


I am OP and please feel free to change the title so that is not a distraction. Our son signed up for selective service at 18. Wondering if our daughter is next. The childrearing thing makes no sense to me. Both men and women can rear children, and our country (and our military) need better daycare solutions which is a separate issue. My spouse is active duty military and while we have an all volunteer army, we also do register young men for selective service in the eventuality of needing to draft.