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Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

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126 points petermcneeley | 5 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jiwidi ◴[07 Dec 25 10:38 UTC] No.46180741[source]▶
suddenly when war comes is only mandatory for man
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1. ekianjo ◴[07 Dec 25 10:56 UTC] No.46180824[source]▶
"gender is a social construct" only goes so far...
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2. moritzruth ◴[08 Dec 25 14:19 UTC] No.46192502[source]▶
Gender is a social construct, biological sex is not. Confusingly, we use the same binary terms for both.
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3. DrPimienta ◴[08 Dec 25 21:31 UTC] No.46197907[source]▶
So there are some jobs that only a biological male can do, that a biological female is not qualified to do? If we made a list, which jobs do you think might be on it?
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4. aspele ◴[09 Dec 25 13:29 UTC] No.46204724{3}[source]▶
Getting killed in war is a job much better suited to males. They are more disposable, especially now in the age of sperm banking.
5. IAmBroom ◴[09 Dec 25 19:48 UTC] No.46209686{3}[source]▶
Nowhere near as binary as your False Dichotomy question makes it, but men are generally better suited to:

dig trenches

carry heavy rucksacks

move weaponry and equipment by hand

survive hand-to-hand combat (granted, their odds are still limited to below 50%)