Sadly, the 5th Circuit upheld the constitutionality of an all male draft, it is now upon Congress to act (Poll: Should Congress end Selective Service or should they expand Selective Service to include women?)

It seems worse that a girl would be drafted and possibly be shot to death.

You must not have a son.

I figured as much. If you had daughters you would possibly understand.

If you had a son, possibly you would.

Yeah. Whatever you say. :roll_eyes:

I think you are right.

Back at you. Does my son have more rights or privileges as a citizen than your daughters?

But it still begs the question.

Even if she was inducted, chances are low she would be sent to combat arms. There are a lot of ā€œstrategicā€ MOS’s and of course plenty of support MOS’s. Very unlikely the military would send a female to a combat arms MOS. Plus many would be routed to the Air Force and Navy.

I see that as irrelevant. And prejudicial.

Find it hard to believe you didn’t raise him to think he had a duty to protect women and children.

Be careful. There’s a line.

Do females not have a duty to serve?

Not in combat. Oh and that was a compliment.

Why not in combat.

Because they are no physical match for men. If we ever get into a war against an all female army, I’ll consider it.

That article has a glaring error, Wilder did not graduate or even come close finishing.

But there you go.

So are sons more disposable than daughters?

Apparently so.

I don’t have any children. But I would be equally horrified if either were forced to go to a distant land against their will assuming I had kids.

If they volunteer, that’s great.

To be forcibly conscripted and made to go under threat of imprisonment? That is appalling to me. Their gender doesn’t matter.

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No, just more suited to combat with other males.

No it doesn’t. We’ve had Selective Service since 1917. Women have not been conscripted.

Personally I think that it should be all women, heck this is the year 2020. We need to be an example to all the world how genuinely woke we are!