reply to post by ImaNutter
I'm a 31-year old woman, a wife and mother of 2 young kids, and think of myself as a moderate feminist and someone who believes in equality...
Equality yes, but men and women ARE NOT the same. We are not physically or emotionally the same. It is a biological impossibility for us to function
identically because we evolved for complementary but significantly different purposes.
I am also in far above-average physical shape able to best most of my female competitors. I did gymnastics and dance as a small child, ran varsity
track and played varsity basketball in high school, and lifted weights and studied kung fu in college, I've remained active and fit to this day.
However, no matter my dedication, training, or nutrition regimen, I have never been able to beat men who are in mediocre physical shape in say: a
maximum bench press or squat, a pick-up game of basketball, the power of my best punch or kick... by the same token, despite the fact that my husband
loves our children as much as I do, he is not able to carry a pregnancy and give birth or lactate to feed our 4 month old daughter.
Men and women are different. In many physical, biological functions including strength and purpose we are not equal. The vast majority of women cannot
complete boot camp with equal physical requirements to men. They have different physical standards in the military for women to pass. Well, on the
battlefield there is no affirmative action for women soldiers. Being less physically capable means more certain death. Drafting women, and putting
them up for combat positions is like sentencing them to a higher chance of death, injury, capture, rape, etc. It is unfair. We may as well draft men
with physical handicaps and put them in too.
How absurd would it be to expect a WNBA team to compete against an NBA team? In the case of the draft, you are putting up women's lives in just such
an absurd match-up against stronger, more brutal male soldiers on the other side.
Women should absolutely be allowed to pursue military careers and combat positions if they choose to. They should NOT be conscripted or thrown into
selective service. Period.
Women should get equal pay and equal treatment for anything (which includes intellectually oriented jobs, and even many physically oriented jobs) that
they can do EQUALLY. They should not be forced into a position where they are fighting for their lives at an unfair disadvantage.
