Gender/military debate

	posted by D on Wednesday March 26, @08:28PM from the Draft dept.
	napnip writes "Not sure if this would be considered newsworthy, but MSNBC's homepage has a story on the renewed debate over women in the military. (Renewed due to Shoshawna Johnson being a POW in Iraq.) Ms. Huus does a pretty good job in covering this story, IMHO. The only thing I wish Ms. Huus had covered was the fact that women don't have to register with Selective Service, which seems rather hypocritical to me if they're going to have the same opportunities as men, but not the same responsibilities. The story can be found here: "

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My e-mail to the author (Score:1) by Boy Genteel on Monday March 31, @05:32PM EST (#1) (User #1161 Info) Congratulations on a fine article. We should be concerned about the fate of Shoshawna Johnson--but because she's a human being, not because of her gender. I find it quite sad and hypercritical that so many want to protect women from the dangers of combat, but at the same time consider it the "duty" of men. It's all or nothing: either we should oppose sending troops to Iraq or we should support it. But a double standard, like most double standards, just winds up hurting members of both genders.

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