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  Literally a nothing burger since no one has been called for the draft since the 1970s, and gender queer people could be excluded as they were in the past, and trans men who want to serve can voluntarily.,
context: If we're going to have selective service and the potential of a draft, it should be universal. I would suggest Norway and Sweden as the relevant model. >
  
  Just require all people over 18 to register. There’s no need to exclude anyone >
  
  "Privilege" seems a bizarre word to use. Never in a million years would I describe signing up for the draft as a privilege. More an obligation. And an especially shitty one.
  The super simple solution is to ditch the whole thing. >
  
  
  The super simple solution is to ditch the whole thing.
  
  This right here.
  If the US is ever in a situation where large quantities of conscripts are needed for defense it means it's already too late. Shit has truly hit the fan. >
  
  
  If the US is ever in a situation where large quantities of conscripts are needed for defense it means it's already too late. Shit has truly hit the fan.
  
  Absolutely. And even in the crazy unlikelihood that a conscripted army would even be useful it's simple enough to just draft a law reinstating the draft in whatever form needed. If there isn't sufficient political will to make that happen ASAP then it shouldn't happen anyway. >
  
  
  even in the crazy unlikelihood that a conscripted army would even be useful
  
  I didn't bother mentioning that. Conscripts with a month of training are basically worthless in modern warfare.
  Nobody in the DoD wants anything to do with soldiers who don't actually want to be there. >
  
  All adults should be required to register, regardless of gender. Women are now found in nearly every role of the armed services, so there is no reason to continue to limit th select service registration.  I'm a Cis woman in my mid 40s and have thought this since my adult life. If I get to have all the privileges of citizenship, I should also be required to fulfill the duties. >
  
  I also never thought it was fair to make only one gender apply for the draft. (Full disclosure, I was not born with a penis either.) After years of reading how bad the sexual assault problem is in the armed forces, though, I am less enthusiastic about universal draft. Currently I'm mostly in favor of either 
  a) no draft^1 , or
  b) universal draft plus the military gets its act together about SA and there are rules to keep both parents of a child from being drafted or deployed at once and there are civil service options for conscientious objectors etc.
  I'm lukewarm -to-warm on both of those options though and am open to other views.
  
  ^1 I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand I don't like the idea of people fighting in a war that's so unpopular nobody wants to fight it. On the other hand, that puts the question of whether to fight wars at all directly into the public's hands and not their representatives, and I question the possibility of the public making adequately informed and well-thought-out decisions as to which wars are worthwhile for whichever value of "worthwhile" you want to use. But that issue is its own big can of worms with a wormhole at the bottom leading to half a dozen other cans of worms. >
  
  The answer to this question is getting rid of the draft. I've seen people advocating gender equality for it, but the US military is functioning fine without conscription. We have no need for it.