Posted on 05/31/2004 10:12:50 AM PDT by Kentucky
Today's enlisted people know in advance what will be required, including vaccinations. If birth control is mandatory, a female enlistee would give informed consent to medication at enlistment. Disobedience at a later date is a different matter.
BTW, why the assumption that enlisted people, male or female, lack sexual self control? Many people are perfectly able to control themselves, particularly if they are married. Why force those individuals to take drugs they do not need?
I didn't say ALL of them are having sex.
But a lot of them DO. And it's not just the enlisted . The Occifers do it , too.
It's a problem.
Do you understand that when they are talking about a draft they are talking about sending you into combat involuntarily?
I do and not only do I think it's insane, I don't think it will pass.
I hope it doesn't either.
We can keep our fingers crossed.
I need to shut this down.
I have dogs and burgers and a grill to man!
Have a great Memorial Day!
You too. :-)
Equality at work?
Are men and women interchangeable? Can men give birth? Can women compete against men in sports that depend on muscle strength?
The myth of "equality" of the sexes needs to be debunked.
WE ARE MAKING America's Military into a agency of the United Nations.
The problem with the above is that your argument is predicated upon size and strength rather than gdender. When I joined the military I was 5'1" (still am) and 105 pounds (I wish). However, I happen to be male. My wife on the other hand is an amazon at 6'.
If we take your objection above seriously, it would be more logical and consistant to place serious size and stature requirements rather than gender requirements.
Again, you're problem is gender related. There are plenty of men in the military who don't weight 145 pounds.
Hhhhhmmmm.
I had NOT considered that.
Well, anyway "Thank You for your service!"
Perhaps it is. However, let's be clear, A male, United States Marine, may be 4'10" tall and weigh a scant 96 pounds. How much easier do you think it will be for that marine than a 145 pound woman?
A female Marine by comparison must also stand at least 4'10" tall, but she may weigh as little as 90 pounds.
Well, along the lines of what I said, if it is proven that women in some instances exhibit better skills in certian jobs, then it would stand to reason that they should be given those jobs. My main goal is fielding the best possible force. IMO, the well trained and physically honed man being best to stand the rigors in the field, takes nothing away from a women who may be able to multi-task better than men in another sector of the military. Anotherwords, this isn't purely a 'keep them home where they belong' issue for me.
Thank you for your response, feeling as you did about my comment and their unrelated nature, in your terms. I do however have to disagree that they are unrelated. Look, we can't draft women in equal numbers and insert them willy-nilly in the military. IMO that would degrade our force capabilities to the point that our military would be far inferior to it's full potential. This being my thought on the issue, how can I separate the issue, as you seem to have indicated you would have.
Anything near parity in the military and our military would cease to be the fighting force it is today. At least that's my opinion.
DoughtyOne wrote:
Well, along the lines of what I said, if it is proven that women in some instances exhibit better skills in certian jobs, then it would stand to reason that they should be given those jobs. My main goal is fielding the best possible force. IMO, the well trained and physically honed man being best to stand the rigors in the field, takes nothing away from a women who may be able to multi-task better than men in another sector of the military. Anotherwords, this isn't purely a 'keep them home where they belong' issue for me.
Well, I join you in your rejection of this idea. Drafting women would be counter-productive IMO. I do not see men serving in the military as them being the throw away gender. While I do think society has discounted the importance of men in today's society, the military and a draft would not be where I'd start the rectification of that.
Giving fathers equal footing with mothers when it comes to parental rights would be my first step. A mother would have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, and this would be almost impossible to do, to get sole custody of children. Fathers play an critical part in their children's upbringing. Neither the father or mother should be able to bad-mouth the other. And if it came down to it, I'd consider that grounds to remove rights from the offending party.
Joint custody would be almost universal, and neither parent would have the right to pack the kids up and move away until those children were of age.
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