Military Draft - How is the Sexist Nature of it even legal?

It's legal (IANAL!) because the Equal Rights Amendment didn't get ratified. Here's the version that didn't quite make it:

"Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

"Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

"Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."

Phyllis Schlafly pointed out that equality would have some disadvantages for women -- the draft among the top few -- and some women preferred their 1950-ish role to (edit: equality). That changed history. Of course, even if the ERA had been ratified, there's no guarantee the US Federal Courts, including USSC, would have also interpreted it as a de facto Equal Responsibilities Amendment. For example: whether or not Title IX is "symmetric" is still a function of who the president is and which appellate circuit a college is in.

The ERA-mk-2 proposed by representative Maloney (dem/f) and Reed (rep/m) -- both of NY -- might play out differently.

"Section 1. Women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

"Section 2. Congress and the several States shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

"Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."

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Gender: I'm fully in favor of gender-equality (not "equity") as far as biology allows & that we should try to pursue opportunities to cancel-out biological advantages when we can. Heck, I posted a thread about trading off "free" menstrual products in schools for bigger "free" lunch portions for boys. I also think that if US health plans must cover birth control, they should be required to offer men a reasonable supply of condoms & that paid maternity leave should come via delaying social security benefits (because women live longer, their expected ROI of SS contributions is higher than men). Again -- equality, not equity.

Draft: We shouldn't have a draft at all. The US military offers enough opportunities that we should be able to incent young people to enlist by economic/career-advancement benefits alone. I teach engineering here at UF -- the Navy needs lots of junior nuke (propulsion, not bombs) officers and has created NUPOC for that. If you want talent, pay for it -- the US beat the USSR because capitalism is better, no?

 

Not sure a draft is relevant but I get being prepared. When is the next war we’d have that would require massive amateur infantry? I can’t think of any scenarios.

As to the OP a Draft assumes war time emergency. Having the gender that commits 90% of murders and violent crime do war seems like a correct use of resources.

 

Can you get a daft in a Bottle

 

OP still pretending to be his mom. Sad & pathetic.

 

Who cares, bill is DOA on the Senate floor because Republi-ban cannot help themselves. Amendments about abortion, trans healthcare and others assure that Schumer will never even discuss the bill.

 

OP's greatest concern if he/she were to ever serve in the military definitely should be "friendly fire."

 

Men still have to register for the draft, right? This would just make it automatic

 

OP is the equivalent of a male lion that couldn’t take down a three legged wildebeest.

 

Maybe it's just a coincidence that OP's mom has the exact same talking points about women and equality.

 

Which makes me care about this clause even less. That said, if people are "auto populated" in a "Draft Database" we will have no idea what "additional personal information" will now be attached to Selective Service records. Guessing that we see even more dirt poor, black and/or Hispanic names "randomly selected" than ever before should the need arise.

On a side note, at least one general sounded the alarm to congress two weeks ago that the Army and some of the other military branches have so badly missed their recruitment numbers the past 3 years, that Congress may need to consider enacting a mandatory 2 year military service for all males of selective service years. Wonder how many wealthy and middle class will be "exempted for reasons" from that kind of a law as well???

 

Does that make the OP "Trans-message"? Identifying on the boards as both male and female??

 

Women identifying as men will be required to sign up even if they switch back before they’re 26. Yeah!! Yeahhhh!!!

 

I didn't rate the post since there I wasn't sure whether to it as "Funny" or "Come On Man" since there isn't an alternative rating of "Completely Unhinged".

 

I'm not sure what I think about the draft right now. I know when I was younger, I thought it was a valid thing. Even a mandatory service for everyone. It'd be a mess now ...

 

I actually don't read their posts, I just come by to watch everyone make fun of the OP.

 

OP is pretending to be a woman all while standing against the Pride movement. How strange

 

Womens belong in the kitchen.
God gave them shorter feet so that they can stand closer to the stove.