Re:Overestimated effects of violent games (2010) [pdf]
by foldr on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:32PM
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Conscription is male only because most men thought that women weren't suitable as soldiers. It's men who decided not to conscript women, and it's also men who decided whether or not women should be allowed to vote. So whatever you think about male only conscription, it's clearly not an instance of women oppressing men.
For a very long time most countries, including the USA, had laws that forced men to go into wars and die. In the roman empire, voting was a privilege only for those that made the sacrifice to serve in the military.
The US stopped forcing men into war in 1973, 54 years after women got the right to vote. I can't think of many things more oppressive then being force to go to a war and fight against your will. What would you pick between forced conscription during war time (before 1919, so consider medical care and death rate during world war 1) or no right to vote? I know what I would prefer in 1917.