And of course, not all women demanded it. My father-in-law had the reaction of "they demanded it, so make them do it."
But as I said to him, where does that leave us? We have raised our daughters to be keepers at home: traditional wives and mothers. In fact, we believe it is a sin to not do so. What, would we have to go to jail?
And I won't even vent about the reduced standards in the military academies, etc. Androgeny indeed!
My thoughts turn more and more to thoughts that we live in an age of tyranny.
Good job Mother!
Really? Ten! Wow! It took me forever to be blessed with my one and I can't have any more! You are blessed! And so am I , with my one!
Yours would be a difficult situation wer this to come about.
I agree. Tyranny.
Well, I join you in your rejection of this idea. Drafting women would be counter-productive IMO. I do not see men serving in the military as them being the throw away gender. While I do think society has discounted the importance of men in today's society, the military and a draft would not be where I'd start the rectification of that.
Giving fathers equal footing with mothers when it comes to parental rights would be my first step. A mother would have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, and this would be almost impossible to do, to get sole custody of children. Fathers play an critical part in their children's upbringing. Neither the father or mother should be able to bad-mouth the other. And if it came down to it, I'd consider that grounds to remove rights from the offending party.
Joint custody would be almost universal, and neither parent would have the right to pack the kids up and move away until those children were of age.
I loved your post. Often I comment that the few feminists ruined it for the rest of us women. Honestly, there is so much women can do on the homefront to help with a war effort that can even make a bigger difference than going into battle. There are many stories as far back as the Revolutionary War about how women were able to defend their land and even help out their menfolk from home.