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Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by lII1lIlI11ll on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:18AM (#48061535)
> I've never understood the illiberal desire to treat boys and girls so differently. I'm glad I live in a country where sexism is illegal at a fundamental level -- this kind of law would be quickly struck down.

Which country would that be? Unless you are from a select few Norther European countries your military enlistment/draft laws are likely quite sexist.

Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by qweiopqweiop on Friday May 08, 2026 @12:40PM (#48065517)
I've always found that quite interesting. I agree women should have equal rights and never be discriminated against, but when push comes to shove I imagine men would be the ones called up to fight in wars for most countries around the world.

Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts

Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by lII1lIlI11ll on Sunday May 10, 2026 @03:04AM (#48081656)
> Should we call up women and put them in equal roles? I don't even know how you'd solve this so keen to hear any suggeations/thoughts

Why the hypothetical? In Israel, for example, women often serve in equal roles during wars, although neither at the same rate as men, nor are laws there completely gender-neutral. I would imagine in Northern European countries with actual gender-neutral military regulations they will be called up similarly to men.

Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by Aerroon on Saturday May 09, 2026 @03:07PM (#48077368)
>Unless you are from a select few Norther European

Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway.

Maybe one day it will get there but it's been a decade and has not got there yet.

Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by lII1lIlI11ll on Sunday May 10, 2026 @02:58AM (#48081626)
> Even if you were, conscript training is not equally distributed: 24% of conscripts in 2023 were women in Sweden, 32% in 2024 in Norway.

I know but OP was talking about laws specifically, not their application.

Re:Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at ... by Aerroon on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:20AM (#48084687)
I don't think you can divorce the laws from their application in cases like this. This isn't some nebulous situation where if you squint right it's equal.