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[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (7 children)

It's interesting to read about south Korea feminist issue, men feel in disadvantage because they have mandatory conscription so they spend 1 or 2 years in the military and because of that woman have a "head start" in career and university, how to fix it? I don't have any idea but it's a interesting problem

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Have the women serve in the military too? Make it one year since you’d have twice as many people?

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (3 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@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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!

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days 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@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

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