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‘A woman is not a baby-making machine’: a brief history of South Korea’s 4B movement – and why it’s making waves in America (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's the issue with body strength and how much weight each sex can carry on average, so it's not as simply as putting more woman there, maybe with technology that can change from forced conscription to learn how to use drones I guess

[–] Object 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Maybe in boot camp your strength would matter a lot, but for a number of roles, strength doesn't matter. After all, a fair share of people are going to sit in an office. I did!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But as those roles that significant? And wouldn't it make more drama when those "easy" office roles only go to woman? Maybe if you 50/50 and claim "look you have a chance to not go to military" but idk how much office roles exist :v

[–] Object 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Those roles are definitely significant, at very least in air force. The idea behind air force is basically "one guy flies the plane, hundred other supports that". Generally, military in SK is completely different from other countries since you have 80% of all men there. No way you can expect a guy weighing 120kg to do all those typical military stuff 😂

And yes, drama is inevitable, but it would at very least make military experience a bit more relatable. I don't expect it to increase in the long term. Short term though, oh dear.