Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!slf From: slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher) Newsgroups: net.college,net.flame Subject: Re: "Universities need not verify draft status of students . . ." Message-ID: <1062@teddy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 13:05:15 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1062 Posted: Wed Dec 19 13:05:15 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 05:33:38 EST References: <577@pucc-k> <147@panda.UUCP> <247@ssc-vax.UUCP> <371@amdcad.UUCP> <4762@fortune.UUCP> <702@pucc-k> <219@harvard.ARPA> Reply-To: slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 42 Xref: watmath net.college:550 net.flame:7307 Summary: In article <219@harvard.ARPA> marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie desJardins) writes: >2) In previous drafts, men have been allowed to stay home in several > cases: for example, if they were teachers or single parents. > Even if there were to be a draft, we would have to let *somebody* > stay home with the kids (ok, it could be the man, but I hope you > see my point). No I don't see your point. As you stated it could be the man who stays home. Why shouldn't women have just as much of a chance of getting drafted as men? ...In addition, you've got to leave at least some > women behind to "perpetuate the species." Again, this isn't an > argument directly against the draft, just something to consider > were a draft for women to be instituted. Oh, I see your parents never told you about the birds and the bees. Well here's a news flash for you : IT TAKES A MAN AND A WOMAN ! Neither sex can make a baby alone. >3) I personally do not think I'm physically capable of any kind of > serious hand-to-hand combat. I know for a fact that I couldn't > get through the training program that people joining the army > (both men and women!) have to do. This is probably true of some > men, but more true of women. I don't think it denigrates the > overall equality of men and women to say "men are, ON THE > AVERAGE, physically stronger than women." There are plenty of other positions besides hand to hand combat. If you want equal rights you have to accept equal responsibility. ...(After all, we're > prettier and can have babies besides! :-)) But men age more gracefully than women! :-) > >Just a few personal opinions on the idea -- I'm not sure how well any of >these really argue against having women in the draft. (For the record, >I am against the draft in any case.) > > Marie desJardins > marie@harvard =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Scott This message has been brought to you by the Shritz beer company. "You're never to drunk to ask for Shritz"