A lot of women are choosing not to have children these days, so should they be added to a war draft like men are?

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The whole point of a draft, forcing able-bodied males to serve their country in case of war, was to supply enough soldiers for the war efforts. The female population, particularly decades ago, would stay safely at home or would relocate to a safer country so that they could essentially help repopulate millions of deaths.

But, with a lot of women choosing not to have children these days, and with some countries now observing declining birth rates, should women be forced into drafts as well, and only be disqualified from mandatory service once they have at least one child? Barring she does not have some sort of disability that would prevent her from being able to deliver. Men who decided to have children would get to stay home to help the mother raise the kids while women who do not want kids, would then replace that father as a soldier body.

It's not like there would be a major war (beyond what is going on between Russia and Ukraine) any time soon, but you've never seen feminists fighting to abolish the draft or to try and change it so that it is more equivalent between men and women. It's another one of those "equality only when it benefits us" types of things.

I think it's only fair that the people who are choosing to play their roles in life (procreation so that humanity continues to thrive and evolve) be rewarded for that, while those who choose not to have children, should not benefit similarly.

Hypothetically, I don't see why it is necessary that I sacrifice my life in the event of a draft, to potentially deprive my children of a father, if there's plenty of women who do not want to enter into motherhood. This should be changed in the future, in case there actually is another major world war.

A lot of women are choosing not to have children these days, so should they be added to a war draft like men are?
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