Do you think it sounds sexists in some countries miltary work is mandorty for men but not for women?

[Anonymous]

Before answering this question keep in mind generally men on average are naturally physically stronger, taller and faster runners than women. I believe the fact they naturally have more testosterone in their bodies is a big contributor towards this.

I am assuming these countries would have different rules or laws if females and males were about equal in terms of height, strength and running abilities.

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I believe these men are actually paid for their work though in the military at least

[Syntosi]

Yes it does.

I mean, I can see some reason for it if you are trying to maintain your national power since even if the men are killed in war, the population growth is limited by the number of women so you could still continue growing into the future. Granted, the loss in workers for those generations affected will impact the economy but at least its a temporary problem.

That said, this is a very seflish problem from the viewpoint of nations which makes sense for a monarchy but not for a democracy. In a democracy you need to look at this from the viewpoint of the people who in this case either wants to do their patriotic duty but are excluded due to their gender or wants to avoid the military but are forced into it due to their gender. Either example is unacceptable for the same reason.

[Berethor]

Women can be good snipers, USSR had female snipers in world war 2, so yea it's sexist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko

[Anonymous]

Yes it sounds sexist, especially when you consider that most military jobs don't require above average strength (cook, clean, paperwork, medical, maintenence, machines, strategy, etc...). There's no good reason men should be forced to do military work just because they live there.

[Anonymous]

No. Or at least not with integration. Because women add an unstable element to the battlefield. Men are more likely to linger over the bodies of the fallen women soldiers saving the unsaveable ones often to the detriment of the mission.

I'm not against equality. But you need uniformity and obedience in matters of the military. Women aren't the problem, men are. Because we've been conditioned by society to react to women a certain way.

[Intheclouds00]

No. War is completely horrifying. No society should want to see it's women have to experience that. It's not sexist, it's out of respect and anyone that says otherwise doesn't have any fucking idea what war really is.

[saraupstairs]

I want everyone to be eligible for the draft.
If everyone was eligible, we wouldn’t have wars.

[DrPepper12]

IDGAF what "advantages" men have. Militaries don't operate on brute strength anymore. Women should serve equally. Full stop 🛑

[Gwendoline]

What countries and what is military work?

[Agape93]

Yeap