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From: jan@orc.olivetti.COM (Jan Parcel)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: MS letter
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Date: 2 Jan 91 20:39:20 GMT
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In article <1990Dec4.100625.1344@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> w25y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>But if the draft is reinstated, which looks more and more likely, will
>women insist on the right to be drafted too?
>
>If not, do women really have the right to be treated equally by the
>military?

Do you think women should fight for the right to be drafted for the
purpose of being treated unequally in the military?

I think equal treatment inside an organization is a very good
prerequisite for being forced to join that organization.

Besides, it is unlikely that the military will want to draft very many
women if it won't be allowed to use them in combat -- they would still
count against the budget.  I suspect that "allowing" women to prove
themselves in combat is viewed as a prerequisite by the military, just
as "allowing" the military to train and promote women fairly is viewed
as a prerequisite by some feminists.

Schroeder's bill to even allow *experimental* use of women in combat
positions was defeated -- I don't think it was feminists that defeated
it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jan@orc.olivetti.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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