On Sunday, Judge Gray H. Miller ruled the drafting of only men and not women into the military is unconstitutional. He notes how the Supreme Court's 1981 ruling of excluding women from the draft was acceptable due to women not being able to serve in combat. However, the Pentagon lifted that rule in 2015, which makes drafting women for the military ideal. Selective service also shows signs of citizenship, so Miller implies that both men and women should take on the responsibility of a military draft. Kate Germano, a retired Marine, says that drafting women would be an advantage, not just to the country, but for men as well due to them having the burden of selective service since it began.
I think drafting women into the military should happen/should be considered. Not only would it increase the country's ability to defend itself and be strategic in new ways, it would also allow women to be more involved in a career that has been predominately male. This can open doors to equality of genders and more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/us/military-draft-men-unconstitutional.html
I see how this could be considered as a step toward equality, however I do not consider the rights of women to have moved forward by the gained ability to take a step toward death. I have never seen the forcing of a human being to kill another human being as an accomplishment anyway.
ReplyDeleteI think we should just get rid of the draft as a whole. Good work tho and very valid opinion.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I don't wanna get drafted. But that's just me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sydney, I wouldn't want to get drafted either, i could see how people would want to get rid of it all together.
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