When the all volunteer force objectives failed to meet the goal with male volunteers, each military branch was forced to accept volunteers from the only other available pool of potential volunteers, women.
They already selected female volunteers prior to the ending of the draft.
accepting women into roles that had previously been male dominated led to the feminization of the military.
That's not what happened. At the time the draft ended, women already were permitted to volunteer for the exact same specialties as they were during the draft. In other words, the all volunteer force did not open any new specialities for women.
Crediting Pat Schroeder for the change gives her undo importance.
Credit DACOWITS if you want. That was the reason you saw more MOS's opened to women, not military need. I saw that personally.
And even taking into account the increased presence of women, which I largely oppose, I'd still much rather have been in an all volunteer force than one made up of draftees. And I wage 90% of the guys who are serving now would say the exact same thing. You don't want to be there, I don't want you there. It's that simple.