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> I've never understood the illiberal desire to treat boys and girls so differently. I'm glad I live in a country where sexism is illegal at a fundamental level

> I've never understood the illiberal desire to treat boys and girls so differently. I'm glad I live in a country where sexism is illegal at a fundamental level -- this kind of law would be quickly struck down. Which country would that be? Unless you are from a select few Norther European countries your military enlistment/draft laws are likely quite sexist.

qweiopqweiop 6mo ago
I've always found that quite interesting. I agree women should have equal rights and never be discriminated against, but when push comes to shove I imagine men would be the ones called up to fight in wars for most countries around the world. Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts
- lII1lIlI11ll 5mo ago
  > Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts Why the hypothetical? In Israel, for example, women often serve in equal roles during wars, although neither at the same rate as men, nor are laws there completely gender-neutral. I would imagine in Northern European countries with actual gender-neutral military regulations they will be called up similarly to men.
Aerroon 5mo ago
>Unless you are from a select few Norther European Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway. Maybe one day it will get there but it's been a decade and has not got there yet.
- lII1lIlI11ll 5mo ago
  > Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway. I know but OP was talking about laws specifically, not their application.
  - Aerroon 5mo ago
    I don't think you can divorce the laws from their application in cases like this. This isn't some nebulous situation where if you squint right it's equal.

qweiopqweiop 6mo ago

I've always found that quite interesting. I agree women should have equal rights and never be discriminated against, but when push comes to shove I imagine men would be the ones called up to fight in wars for most countries around the world. Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts

lII1lIlI11ll 5mo ago
> Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts Why the hypothetical? In Israel, for example, women often serve in equal roles during wars, although neither at the same rate as men, nor are laws there completely gender-neutral. I would imagine in Northern European countries with actual gender-neutral military regulations they will be called up similarly to men.

Aerroon 5mo ago

>Unless you are from a select few Norther European Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway. Maybe one day it will get there but it's been a decade and has not got there yet.

lII1lIlI11ll 5mo ago
> Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway. I know but OP was talking about laws specifically, not their application.
- Aerroon 5mo ago
  I don't think you can divorce the laws from their application in cases like this. This isn't some nebulous situation where if you squint right it's equal.