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Is there any situation in which you would support a draft?I checked no, because I believe both men and women should volunteer for the armed services and there should be no conscription for either. And whether it is the fire department or police department or any branch of the military or anything else, I am 100% opposed to lower any useful educational/mental or physical standards for anything so that anybody, including women, can qualify.
Women have always had a critical role to play in society at all levels, including the military. And that will almost certainly continue. But it is a rare woman who will have the same strength as a physically fit guy of even the same height and weight; and will have much less so with a physically fit guy who is bigger and heavier, and that will often mean that women are less well suited for certain kinds of duty than the guys are. This is true even though women can do remarkable things when they have to. They always have.
We have a stronger, gentler, more cohesive, and more productive society when women are allowed to be women and men are allowed to be men without a whole lot of political correctness crap muddying the waters.
I'm actually curious here, let me hasten to add.