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The biggest underutilisation of females in the labour force is in the military. If either Russia or Ukraine were willing to conscript women at scale it could m

• graeme 3y ago
  It would also make a big difference to their future demography. If a country kills off its young women then you can't birth the next generation. Both Russia and Ukraine have abysmal demographic pyramids.
  • spacebanana7 3y ago
    It’s horrible to say, but that only really applies for women under 40. The average age of soldiers in Ukraine is 43 [1] so there’s likely an untapped pool of women aged 40-55 that could be used in the military without affecting future birth rates. [1] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraines-average-soldier-is-43-how-can-they-keep-putin-at-bay-zf5bqb26m https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraines-average-soldier-...
    • antisthenes 3y ago
      Knowing Eastern European culture what's more likely to happen is male relatives will volunteer in stead of these women. Either way, this is pretty grim thinking.
• drewcoo 3y ago
  > The biggest underutilisation of females in the labour force is in the military Bigger than strength-based manual labor? Military: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/09/10/the-changing-profile-of-the-u-s-military/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/09/10/the-chang... Construction: https://www.statista.com/statistics/434758/employment-within-us-construction-by-gender/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/434758/employment-within... I'm not sure how those numbers differ in Ukraine or Russia, but here in the US your claim would not be true.