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

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126 points petermcneeley | 2 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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wtcactus ◴[07 Dec 25 14:10 UTC] No.46181782[source]▶
“The form will be mandatory for men and voluntary for women.”

This is highly misandrist. I can’t believe that we are in 2025 and a - so called - democratic government is still denying women the opportunity to potentially go and die miserably in the front lines on equal footing with men.

We can surely do better. Women and girls deserve more.

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oarfish ◴[07 Dec 25 14:54 UTC] No.46182100[source]▶
Including women in this does have the additional hurdle that a constitutional amendment would be needed, which is less likely to pass, regardless of the merits.
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1. wtcactus ◴[07 Dec 25 18:28 UTC] No.46183834[source]▶
I can’t understand why women and male allies aren’t flooding the streets in protest to demand the constitution changes so that women are fully equal to men then.

Surely that’s the most noble of causes.

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2. IAmBroom ◴[09 Dec 25 20:08 UTC] No.46209954[source]▶
"I want my chance to die young or be horribly mangled, just like men!" may be noble, but not very inspirational.