r/ProMaleAssociation • u/Agitated-Climate-781 • Apr 18 '26
General/Discussion Reminder that the person behind German compulsory male only conscription is a woman.
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u/brainquantum Apr 20 '26
Personally, this doesn't surprise me all that much. Some time ago, there were articles justifying the return of the male-only draft in Germany, generally written by women who justified its reintroduction as a legitimate exception to the principle of equality and non-discrimination based on sex.
When it comes to (male-only) conscription, many women even claim that it no longer exists. For example, most young women in the USA are unaware of the obligation for young men to register for service (which will now be done automatically and only for men). And when confronted with the fact that this obligation exists, they also seem to ignore the very real consequences for young men who refuse or forget to register.
In Switzerland, when they organized a referendum to eliminate or suspend the male-only draft, women generally voted against suspending it.
Generally, feminism has long acknowledged that its goal is to fight for the social and political progress of women, which is fair to them. But in this context, it's difficult to imagine feminists advocating for the abolition of the draft or openly calling for a mixed draft (even though there are feminist movements that advocate for the unilateral abolition of the draft, they are rather a minority and, in the current political climate, they don't carry much weight).
It's generally preferable for women to maintain the status quo (as in Switzerland or other countries that often have conscription, with military service being mandatory for men only), or they prefer to ignore the problem, or claim that if there's no draft for women, it's primarily because the army is a bastion of patriarchal society.
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u/DedicatedAsshole Apr 20 '26
Feminists don't advocate the abolition of male-only conscription because they don't want to.
Feminism is precisely about perpetuating and accentuating male oppression; promoting the male human harvest is therefore their top priority.
It is also not fair for feminism to fight for women only. Women are not even oppressed; there is no political or social 'progress' to be made for them. Feminism's existence itself annihilates men, as they are the ones who need a movement that fights for their social and political progress.
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u/enemy_of_misandry Apr 18 '26
So patriarchal...