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And now that women can serve in the military, it's time to update the Select Service law so it requires both men _and_ women to register on their 18th birthday.

• foldr 7y ago
  Sure. Do you think that there are many people who both (a) agree with the registration requirement in the first place and (b) think that it should apply to men only?
  • zarkov99 7y ago
    Yes.
    • foldr 7y ago
      Who? This is an obscure issue. I should think that very few Americans are even aware of the disparity.
      • zarkov99 7y ago
        I think people who are not part of the culture war, which I believe is most people, would be perfectly fine with this disparity.
        • foldr 7y ago
          Speculate as you please. This is an extremely obscure issue, and I suspect that very few people have a strong opinion on it. (If I'm wrong about this, it should be easy to point to a counterexample.)
          • remarkEon 7y ago
            It is an extremely obscure issue because the vast majority consider women signing up for the draft to be ludicrous, and dismiss the conversation thereafter.
            • foldr 7y ago
              Evidence of this?
        • thatcat 7y ago
          I doubt that many 18 y/o males are fine with it since that doubles the chances that they'll be forced to enroll in the military for very little pay. I'm sure most other people would prefer that 18 y/o males continue to be the selectively signed up and have no problem with females not doing the same. Imho though, either everyone should be forced to enroll or no one should - most military workers are support staff anyway.