Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?

A lot of people seem to be answering "yes" because "equality". What about "no" because "equality" and because the draft is a detestable practice that a free nation ought to be above?

It's all about being equal....is it not?

I believe that equal treatment across the board means women serving in combat roles and being required to register for selective service. It is a two way street, you have to give to get.

Because women are allowed to serve and fill almost all roles as males.

I agree with the concept that since women are equal to men, and beginning to push the combat arms movement, they should be required to register for Selective Service.

The only caveat to that is there should be an exemption to prevent a mother AND father from being drafted to serve simultaneously/at all. I think the decision should be made by the draft board on which one serves based on ability to impact the war effort (i.e. "hubby has a heart condition vs. healthy mother"), but I do not think that both parents should be forced to serve due to a potential adverse affect on the children in the event that one or both are killed or both come back with PTSD and/or other combat related injuries.
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CPT Butler

Of course.

If we are going to open all jobs, or at least most jobs, up to women then they should have to register for the draft just like a young man does within 30 days of turning 18.

Have to be equal on all things to get equality.

Fair is fair. The pointy end of a bullet doesn't care if it's travelling away from a man or a woman.

equality, they wanted it, give it to them.

Does it surprise anyone that nearly everyone here is for females registering in the Selective Service? Everyone here was already a volunteer. I would raise a brow if anyone here, especially the females, weren't for it.

However our counterparts on the outside, who vastly outnumber us by 99%, may have something else to say.

Thirty Five plus years ago women demanded equality. At this time, I was a single parent and withstood many denigrating experiences. When my child was 8, I enlisted. Never complained as it was my decision. As women demand to portray themselves as being able to perform EVERY duty as a man, YES! she should have to register for the draft. I am one of three, of the four of us that served in uniform and to this day, still believe and act within the oath that I took.