by John Hayden

Created on: April 04, 2008

If the electorate of any country agrees with the imposition of military drafting, then it's only right and proper that everyone from that country should indeed be tarred with the same brush. Women have equal status in all departments of the constitution, and are above equal status on a number of issues. I personally see every human as equal, and feel it would be improper, and unjust to exclude any able bodied adult from such a draft.

I am from Ireland, and I agree with our neutrality. But if we were invaded again as we have been in the past. I wouldn't be happy to allow my daughters to get involved in the war, but I would be in a position of surrender to that proposition, as I have raised my children in such a way that we believe they are equal.

I am of the belief that women have as much to offer as men, and feel it would be wrong not to include them in such a draft. Firstly because such exclusion would be a statement to all women that they have somehow less to offer than there male counterparts, and secondly such exclusion would be a statement to men that women are somehow less equipped than men. Either of these statements would undo decades of work for gender equality.

Women are far outranking men in many fields, and the diversity of their attributes cannot, and must not ever be undermined. We are part, and parcel, none of us could exist without the other. Whatever wars we fight on Earth, whether they be wars as we know them, or wars against terrorism; crime; pollution; poverty; or any other kind of war, we are better to fight that war together. It's imperative in any war to use your strongest army, and to endeavor to win. If we choose to only use half our human resources we would be heading into battle with a less than optimum force. To do this in this modern era would be ludicrous. It may have worked OK in the past when women were abruptly excluded from involvement in societal issues, but today's women are well and truly equipped to match us men in every department. Women are not so feeble as they have been, they have fought to eradicate the stigma attached to being meager human beings. I have often heard people talking about certain women as being rough, and tough. I have done bricklaying for many years, and in recent years have noticed there are a more and more women getting involved in this and other types of physical work. It is now apparent that women want to do as men do, and rightly so. Men are also changing and taking on what would have traditionally been known as women's roles. This integration of traditional roles is part of evolution, and in my estimation is a good thing.

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