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What do you think about a draft that includes women? - Mixmax - Mar 27 2026

Here where I live in EU there's occasionally a bit of a debate about a possible draft in the future as tragically so, there's more and more war.

Someone said ''only if there's a general draft, not just me in the trenches and [woman] on holiday on a beach somewhere''.

I'm against a draft in general, so that includes men. However, in the case that it DOES happen: I changed my mind. In the past I was for women being drafted too, equality and all, but these days nah.

My arguments:

  • Men do wars. They always have. It's the ugliest, most destructive thing. Why would I join them in that, when they can't even properly help women with one of the most important things for humanity: the creation and care for new life?
  • Women would gain nothing from it. Men already have the perception that women are ''equal'' (not that I strive for equality per se, rather liberation, but that's another matter, just rolling with it here) or even ahead of them, so if we were to die, face the risks of rape, be heavily wounded etc, men wouldn't respect us 1% more. 
  • Honestly why should I fight, die, risk rape, for my oppressors who fucking hate me, look up to Andrew Tate and the like to learn how to hate and abuse me/us even more, when their porn use will only increase, and they fetishize and sexualize our degradation and oppression already? And when it's over they'll need a punching bag and guess who that'll be.
  • The argument on their side, doesn't feel honest, either. When women want to join the army they'll say that women are worthless in combat, blah blah blah, so really it's just that they want us to suffer?
  • But a woman in the army faces abuse, rape, bullying. They don't give a crap about us and will not either in the case of war. 
  • If we were to fight in a war, they wouldn't respect and appreciate us in the moment either. We'd constantly be held up to all kinds of standards, and they'll constantly invent reasons why we weren't/aren't as brave, effective, etc.
Over time my thinking has shifted in general. I now focus on women's well-being 100%, fairness and justice for women. I think we owe men nothing. 

What do you think about this draft thing,  and why?


RE: What do you think about a draft that includes women? - Elsacat - Mar 27 2026

I don't like the idea of a draft. I also don't like men's complaints about "only if women get drafted too, equal rights!" because they are the same ones who complain about having to serve alongside women and that women shouldn't be in the military. Make up your minds, boys.


RE: What do you think about a draft that includes women? - Impress Polly - Mar 27 2026

This reminds me of a convo we had last year about Danish women facing conscription by lottery and my response is the same.

Quote:But wait, my understanding was that we need men in our lives to protect us. Against other men. What the fuck happened to that??!

The woke-ass pick-me shit of the women who defend "egalitarian" policies like these does not fail to amuse me. You know good and well you hate this misogynistic policy! And men frankly know good and well that the entire radfem movement exists because women opposed a war (the Vietnam War) and the conscription of men into to that war and got abused for their trouble bothering. Men deciding to shirk their evolutionary obligation to defend you against other men is (part of) your penalty for demanding legal and social equality. The men of Reddit -- who are really just the id of men in general -- plainly say it. That's exactly what it is and why they're so giddy. Because they hate you and resent the comparative freedom we enjoy today. It's to that end that they weaponize the language of equality to find new ways of causing women needless harm, suffering, and death even though they've championed more peace and freedom for men.

I get that, with our current administration in place (that I did not vote for and neither did most women), there is at least like a 20% chance that the Danes may one day be called upon to defend against an invasion of Greenland or something (or Russia may one day get that far into Europe or something), but seriously. Here in the U.S., our government introduced a similar policy of universal conscription not too terribly long ago as well and I had to register. We're at war a lot more often than Denmark and so far the policy shift hasn't affected me. I doubt it ever will. So don't get me wrong and think I'm blowing developments like these out of proportion or something. BUT the reason why women have to register too now is because men's rights activists demanded it under the guise of equality. And the feminists here had nothing to say about it. No response but "I guess we have to agree, YaY, here comes more equality now!" Because that's what we want, right? Riiiiiiiight?? No bad faith here to call out? It just annoys me.