Saturday, March 19, 2011

Feminism and the Draft

It's been a while since I've written a feminist article (or any article really.. sorry about that!) so here's one now!!

Sometimes, arguing for feminist points can feel like an uphill battle. As I've said before, people think that the feminist's cause has been fulfilled, and at this point we're just a bunch of man-hating, pushy jerks trying to milk this "feminism" thing for all it's worth. Also as I've said before, that's definitely not true, and there are so many reasons feminism shouldn't die just yet!!
Whenever I'm arguing for feminist ideas, most people who think feminists are just "pushy bitches" will combat with something along these lines:
"Feminists just want all the rights men have when they don't even deserve it! They're not in the draft or anything!"
Even though I don't usually agree with much of anything else these people might say (though I certainly do listen to them- some of the anti-feminist points I've heard have been really good and something to think about!), I do agree that it's rather sad feminists haven't rallied for women to be included in the draft as well. As they people say, how can we expect equal rights if we aren't put at the same risk as men?
Some women may argue that women are generally less physically fit than men, and that is true (I myself am VERY physically weak...), but correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not very knowledgeable of the workings of the military, but aren't there plenty of other jobs to be done, jobs that people could be trained to do?
I've heard somewhere before that not many people in the military actually go out and fight. Why can't women (or men!) who are physically unable to fight be put in those spots? Of course, women could go out and fight as well, if they are physically fit.
So, that's my view point as far as the draft and feminism goes. I do feel it's unfair for women to ask for equal rights when we aren't included in "negative" things like this, so I ask women everywhere: If you want to have truly equal rights and want to be more respected, please fight for women in the draft when the time comes! It may not be what you want, but it is truly necessary in the grand scheme of things.

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