Questions answered about women and the draft

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'Selective Service for men has largely gone unnoticed, even while women have fought for equality in all other aspects of society. We have said — and proved — that "women can do anything men can do." Now we have to be willing to accept all the responsibility that equality brings.

As our society moves toward becoming more gender neutral, even at Target, the burdens that men have always shouldered should now become women's, too. That's equality.

Through Selective Service, our government operates on the idea that an unwilling male soldier is better than even a willing female one. Are feminists really okay with this?

• So you're in favor of Selective Service?

Actually, I'm not.

• So why do you want to force our daughters to do something that you don't even want your sons to do?

Selective Service goes under the radar because society and lawmakers are not ready to deal with the issue of drafting women. It's a political no-win. Asking the question alone creates all sorts of problems for the "war on women" argument.

Basically, we've been so busy giving women access to the military, we've ignored the unintended consequences. Once women are included in the discussion about Selective Service, the inequalities in it for men become more apparent.

Each time someone argues why women shouldn't be included in the draft ("we need them to procreate," "some women don't want to join the military," "not every woman is cut out for combat," etc.), it becomes more obvious — again, in our gender-neutral society — that maybe men shouldn't be either.'