We can always argue the merits of drafting women if and when that time comes, but registering for the draft does no harm, and bestows a sense of responsibility. It also treats 18 year old men and women equally under the law.
That is precisely what is wrong with it! An 18 year old woman is ordinarily equipped to be a mother; to bear children; to nourish children; to use her feminine instincts to be a functional Blessing to her family.
An 18 year old man is designed to be a father; a provider; instinctively & physiologically far better equipped to be a soldier: and if he accepts the higher standards for male behavior, equipped to be a true Blessing to his family.
The compulsion to pretend that all of us are equal is not a rational Western idea. Equality among either sex at Creation is not an attribution of equal aptitudes, equal functions. What Jefferson was referring to in the Declaration Of Independence was the natural law refutation of the "Divine Right of Kings"; certainly not some fantasy about equality of the sexes.
Incorrect. Requiring women to registers for the draft makes them liable for the draft. If the day were ever to come that we would have to implement the draft there would be no rational reason to exclude women. Women should not have to face the moral danger of being drafted.
It also treats 18 year old men and women equally under the law.
Men and women are different and should not be treated the same under the law.