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

Absolutely. If we ever get to the point were we need to go beyond volunteers, we are probably in a pretty tough spot. Why would we not consider 50% of the population?

I would definitely be in support of this. There's no reason why we shouldn't register.

Why because they want to do the same things as a man does in the military for most part and have equal rights.

Equal Rights and Opportunities for all. (The draft or Selective Service however will never happen due to the retaliation to those in office as it would be suicide for a politician.)

I think the females that have written on this post have said it best. If equality is to be reached then it should be in all categories.

They want to be Infantry? Well let them get drafted! Ha even though we will never come down to another draft so the point would be mute. But yep equality for EVERYONE!!

In a world where we are all about political correctness and equal rights, I only see it fit that females should also step up to the plate as men do should our country call upon them.

Why not. They want to serve and do. Most do well. Some milk the system but if they can serve they need to register.

Opinions are slippery things. They're hard to hang onto unless you never think about them.

For example, I've been for and against capital punishment many times over. I have gone through the same process with mandatory service. What other reason would there be for requiring women as well as men to register with the Selective Service?

Sure, I too thought that we'd all be better off if everyone, men and women, performed two or three years of mandatory service in the military or some other capacity. However, the success of the all-volunteer force has pried me off that position. Today's service men and women are better educated, better trained, better equipped, better motivated... better in every way than any military that included conscripts.

Also, forcing men and women to serve in the military or a civilian service corps would be akin to the days when young criminals were given the choice of either going to jail or going into the Army. Effectively, all we did was to pass civilian problems onto the military (who begged judges to stop the practice).

The simple truth is that everyone serves their country, whether it be in the military, the civil service, or in private industry. Well, everyone except those able-bodied persons who choose to leach off the government.

That being said, I suppose that if we have a Selective Service System based on some hypothetical need that may arise in the future, sure men and women both should be required to register. Why not?

Registering of females in the cause of equality is indicated by the times we are now in; drafting of females is a different question, but one that some are answering here anyway. I believe that drafting females is still a far stretch from society's norms at this point in history. As someone said, how would we decide as a society that this is something we would support? Voter ballot?

It has always been the case that child-bearing and child-rearing are critical to take into consideration when the topic of drafting women has been brought up. From where I sit, as long as females are not being restricted and given the option to serve in any capacity, I see the equality issue being served without the need to draft females.