I think you’d first have to know the context before commenting.
If you’re talking Russian WW2 type losses or worse for instance, having equal numbers of women in direct combat would further ruin your country post-war. Like it or not, women are the ones having the babies.
Otara
(Male speaking.) There shouldn’t be registration for a draft at all.
I’m a woman and voted that “if men should, then women should” under the assumption that the pay grade for enlisted personnel is uniform, regardless of gender. Is that not the case in the U.S.?
FTR , I don’t believe anyone should have to register I feel nations are better served by a complement of people who respect their role and believe it is an honour to serve. A volunteer who respects his/her duty will outperform someone who’s forced to be there, imho.
I don’t know how much the military pays you, but I’m fairly certain you get more if you have a family. As a country, women make less than men do for the same jobs. There many ways women aren’t treated equally to men in the USA.
I didn’t like this question and probably shouldn’t have answered, but was very disguisted by all the men who voted women to be required. I think they should know that. You man be a “man”, but you’re not a man of honor nor a gentleman. This is the dope so you don’t probably care.
Oh please. Blacks make less than whites, does that mean they should be exempt from a draft?
That wasn’t the question asked, but I agree.
What if there is a massive global conflict requiring millions of troops fighting on countless fronts? I don’t support peacetime drafts but only during war or when there is extreme danger of war.
What’s a man of honor? What’s a gentleman?
Corollary: What’s a woman of honor? What’s a lady?
Signed
Michael Emouse, “man”
I should (belatedly) clarify that this isn’t a referendum on the draft, but on whether only one gender should be required to register and potentially be called up to serve. There seems to be a fairly strong agreement so far of “everyone or no one,” which seems proper to me.
It only seems “proper” to me if both genders were treated equally. They ARE not. So, it’s is “fair” and “proper” for the one who is treated better to be drafted.
Draft beer, not people.
Other.
Seriously? You are complaining about doors and seats in a poll about potentially being drafted to fight in a war? Status historically allowed people to avoid the draft or avoid being foot soldiers, it’s those who have no status who went to the front lines, so by your logic women should be the first wave. I don’t think you know what equal rights is and you sure can’t get it without taking equal responsibility.
First, I want my benefits and equal pay. So, when that happens, women can be drafted, too. I’m waiting.
In current context, men do have more rights and status than women. That’s ok. However, they want their cake and be able to eat it too. That’s disguisting they want women to be drafted. No one would like if the shoe was on the other foot and the majority of women voted “Yes, I’m a woman and men should be drafted”.
You say men want their cake and to eat it too. What makes you say that?
Granted, I am not a man but merely a “man” but I don’t want women to be paid less for the same economic output. I don’t want them to have less status. I do want them to be drafted if men are.
Most men have economic and social status and most voted women have to be drafted. How is that fair? If you have social and economic power, you shouldn’t make overs share the burden. That’s having your cake and eating it, too.
Raise an army of unicorns and have cave trolls ride them into battle. In the real world, the U.S. military doesn’t want draftees and civilians don’t want a draft. There’s no reason for the registry to exist. Even in an emergency, the government would have other ways of getting the same information.
You said “they want their cake and be able to eat it too” which requires men to want (rather than have) both.
You have to establish that men want higher pay for the same economic output by virtue of being men, more status than women and that they want women to be drafted.
You have not established that most men want higher pay for the same economic output by virtue of being men or that they want higher status than women.
Also, even if women are treated unfairly in some circumstances, that doesn’t make treating men unfairly better. A wrong is not righted by another.
I’m still curious about real men, real women, gentlemen and ladies.
I think you want to argue. You know what a gentleman is and what a lady is. If you don’t this isn’t the topic at hand.
Honestly, I think men want women to accept certain things and “take it like a man”, but there’s certain priviledges boys will always have. :rolleyes: Thems the rules. 
So, being a boy makes you special. Be special in your wars.
I have to wonder why men (or why Dope men) want to see women in war? Does the idea of women dieing in war get some of your off? There seems to be a disturbing want for women to be drafted by men.
This is one of those times where I can just leave the Dope and wonder what redeeming qualities any of the members have. This is one of many times the Dope seems to have a mob mentality.
If a war can’t be supported with volunteers then it almost certainly shouldn’t be fought in the first place. And conscripted people tend to be inferior soldiers; that’s why the military doesn’t want a draft. It doesn’t want to fill its ranks with people who don’t want to be there and are just going though the motions.
And the likelihood of your scenario is extremely small.
Wow. First, I am male (if not a man), and I believe that women should have ALL of the same rights, responsibilities, and opportunities as men, including pay, status, and selective service. I did not get the impression that any male respondent here feels differently.
That said, it’s a sad truth that very frequently we all have to take a responsibility before the corresponding privilege or benefit comes, and one of the ways women could best demonstrate their equality with men would be to take on the responsibility of registering for selective service.
And yes, it would be great to abolish selective service as an anachronism, or alternatively to require military service for all citizens, but I can’t see either of those things happening any time soon. Or even, for that matter, requiring women to register.