jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) (06/11/91)
> Somehow, the feminists who try (and sometimes succeed) to give women > more opportunities in the army have very little to say/do/change about > the men-only registration for draft. Sheer fiction. I suspect I'm better read on feminism than Hillel Gazit, and I can honestly report that I've not seen one feminist document that supports a male-only draft. Radical feminism sprung out of the civil rights and anti-war movements, and most radical feminists oppose the draft altogether. Even so, most of them have made statements that if there is to be a draft, it should include both sexes. Liberal feminists (the traditional types, like NOW) have been mostly anti-war, but also agree that if there is to be a draft, it should include both sexes. Cultural feminists are divided between the majority who view war as a male venture and don't like the idea of having heavily- armed men and oppose the draft altogether; and the minority who think women should be just as heavily-armed as men and say, again, that if there is to be a draft it should include both sexes. The issue was last brought up for the public at large when Jimmy Carter re-enacted draft legislation. At that time, all three camps reiterated the above stances. <_Jym_>
gazit@cs.duke.edu (Hillel Gazit) (06/11/91)
# Somehow, the feminists who try (and sometimes succeed) to give women # more opportunities in the army have very little to say/do/change about # the men-only registration for draft. In article <JYM.91Jun10114025@remarque.berkeley.edu> jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: > I suspect I'm better read on feminism than Hillel Gazit, and I >can honestly report that I've not seen one feminist document that >supports a male-only draft. They don't support male-only draft, they just don't care about the subject. > Radical feminism sprung out of the civil rights and anti-war >movements, and most radical feminists oppose the draft altogether. There was also a split between feminism and the anti-war movement, but feminist literature from the 80's tend to forget about that...