With US women soon eligible for combat, the draft could be next

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2014-11-07 00:09

Article here. Excerpt:

'As Norway became the first NATO country to require women to register for the draft this month, it has American military analysts debating whether the US could be on the verge of taking the same step, too.

It was back in 1981 that the US Supreme Court ruled that requiring only men to register for the draft was constitutional, since there were US laws that banned women from fighting in combat. 

Essentially, the argument went, since the purpose of registration for selective service – which all men must do at the age of 18, regardless of whether there is a draft in effect – is to prepare for combat, and women are excluded from combat, then they would not be needed in the event of a draft.
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“It’s a social contract with democracy – that’s my take on it,” says Shelly Burgoyne, a former Army officer who served two tours of duty in Iraq during the war and believes women should be required to add their names to the Selective Service registry. “If you’re going to take advantage of all of the benefits of a democracy, then I think you should also bear the responsibility as well.”
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Her beliefs changed, she says, after her time in Iraq. “I saw women physically able to do it,” she says. “I did a full-on reversal – if you can do the job, then you can do the job.”

A congressionally chartered association of US military reservists recently passed a resolution last year calling for the registration of women for the Selective Service as well, noting that 14 percent of active duty troops and nearly one-fifth of National Guard and Reserves are now women.'

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Shelly Burgoyne, a former Army officer says:

Her beliefs changed, she says, after her time in Iraq. “I saw women physically able to do it,” she says. “I did a full-on reversal – if you can do the job, then you can do the job.”

Do what?

What is a "full-on reversal"? (other than melodramatic speech)
"If you can do the job, you can do the job."

What job?

Here, let me try that language.

Clearly, if something is black and white, it is clearly black and white and black and white is certainly black and white. So I am sure this is a full-on reversal and the job can clearly be done and if it can be done, then "you can do it and I am woman hear me roar and men are misogynistic"

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Submitted by ThomasI on Sat, 2014-11-08 20:19

Another excuse'll be made by SCOTUS to exclude females from the draft, probably the wording of the several federal Militia Acts as summarized in statute. Similar to centuries of excuses for circumcision, the issue has nothing to do with they "why"s and everything to do with the "who"s. It's fine to cut up boys' penises and later force them to kill and/or die should the gov't feel like it. Doing same to girls and women however isn't fine. Simple as that.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2014-11-09 04:22