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suddenly when war comes is only mandatory for man
by jiwidi 10mo ago
suddenly when war comes is only mandatory for man
- ekianjo 10mo ago"gender is a social construct" only goes so far...
- akimbostrawman 10mo ago[flagged]
- moritzruth 9mo agoGender is a social construct, biological sex is not. Confusingly, we use the same binary terms for both.
- DrPimienta 9mo agoSo there are some jobs that only a biological male can do, that a biological female is not qualified to do? If we made a list, which jobs do you think might be on it?
- cindyllm 9mo ago[dead]
- aspele 9mo agoGetting killed in war is a job much better suited to males. They are more disposable, especially now in the age of sperm banking.
- DrPimienta 9mo agoAnd also things like math, being doctors, and firemen
- aspele 9mo agoBeing firefighters, yes to some extent, because males are more likely to have acquired the physical strength needed to lift people out of burning buildings. But there are many female firefighters who excel in the profession too. There is nothing about males that make them more suited to be doctors. We also can see that in the demographics in some countries (e.g. the UK), there is a roughly equal balance of female doctors to male doctors. Having mathematical ability is linked to intelligence, not sex.
- DrPimienta 9mo agoTestosterone is inextricably linked to mathematical and spatial reasoning in the human brain. You are incorrect in your assertion that men do not inherently make better doctors and mathematicians. It is factually accurate to state that they do.
- IAmBroom 9mo agoNowhere near as binary as your False Dichotomy question makes it, but men are generally better suited to: dig trenches carry heavy rucksacks move weaponry and equipment by hand survive hand-to-hand combat (granted, their odds are still limited to below 50%)
- DrPimienta 9mo agoAlso math, being doctors, and firemen
- fkdk 10mo agoIncluding women would have been a legal nonstarter. The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered. Before you ask, yes, the constitution also says that men and women need to be treated equally[1] [0] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_12a.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_12a.html [1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_3.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_3.html
- jijijijij 9mo ago> The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered. Just to add, the current government does not have the necessary majority to make such a change. Therefore making a law which includes drafting women is legally impossible without opposition collaboration.
- belorn 9mo agoThe way to solve that is to introduce a different form of service to the state along side with military service so that the choice in practice become the same. Is there anything in the constitution that forbids the government from requiring citizens to perform some kind of service to the government?