Mandatory Conscription: Men Blaming Women for Their Own Policies
Mandatory Conscription: Men Blaming Women for Their Own Policies
Among the many discussions led by men’s rights activists (MRAs) online, one topic often raised is that men are unfairly oppressed because of mandatory conscription, particularly in times of war. These activists frequently claim that men, forced into military service, are victims of gendered injustice and go as far as to blame women for this oppression.
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However, such claims are both misguided and irrational. Women are not responsible for conscription laws—historically or currently. In fact, it is overwhelmingly men who have made, enforced, and perpetuated these policies.
Conscription: A System Created by Men for Men
Throughout history, conscription has been an almost exclusively male-dominated system, created and enforced by men in positions of political and military power. Whether in ancient Sparta, Napoleonic France, or modern-day Ukraine and Russia, conscription laws are formulated and imposed by male leaders and military commanders. Men have been the ones drafting other men into wars, rounding them up, and sending them to the front lines. Women have not played any significant role in drafting these policies or enforcing them.
In many countries today where conscription exists—such as Israel, and South Korea—male politicians and military officials still control these laws. Men are overwhelmingly the ones that hold power in the political system and the military, and the ones that force other males to fight and die in wars. It’s men that don’t care about the lives of other men, a fact that they often don’t even go to lengths to hide. They openly shame other men for being cowardly or unpatriotic if they do not follow the laws of conscription. Men are fully to blame for the policies of war and destruction.
The Irrationality of Blaming Women
Despite the fact that men are the ones passing and enforcing conscription laws, men’s rights activists still find a way to blame women. Their argument typically rests on a flawed premise: that women are somehow complicit in conscription because they aren’t conscripted themselves. Men constantly ignore the fundamental truth that women are not the ones sending men to war or legislating military service.
Not only is it clear that women did not create the conscription system, but women aren’t the ones dragging men out of their homes, throwing them into vans, and shipping them off to battlefields. Those are actions conducted by men, under the direction of other men. There is plenty of video evidence of this available to see:
What can be seen in these videos? Men, many men, forcing other men to fight in a war through intimidation and violence. It’s outright kidnapping. Yet, even with clear footage of who is behind men’s suffering, men’s rights activists somehow still end up blaming women.
This is why men fail to enact meaningful change for themselves. They fail to see how male power structures are harming them, and waste time blaming females. They waste time while other men oppress them, beat them, and kill them. Men can see videos of other men being the enemy of men and the enemy of men’s rights, but still find a way to blame some “feminist agenda”. Men won’t admit that conscription laws that target men have always been rooted in the concept of male control over society, not in any feminist agenda or feminist political system.
Women Are Not Obligated to Solve Men’s Problems
Given that men are responsible for creating and enforcing conscription, it’s clear that women are under no obligation to “fix” or end conscription. Women have not created this system, and they are not the ones enforcing it. We do not shoulder any responsibility for problems created by males.
Women are not to blame for men being conscripted into wars, nor are they responsible for men’s suffering in combat. In the end, men blaming women for conscription is not just irrational—it’s a deliberate distraction from the real issue at hand. Instead of projecting their frustrations onto women, men need to address the real source of the problem: the male leaders, policies, and systems that force them into these situations. However, we know that they will continue to blame women instead of fixing the problems that they created.
For women, the best option is to steer clear of these male-dominated systems and conflicts. You have no obligation to fix a problem that was created by men. Do not date or spend time with men, and stay clear of the wars that they caused. Do not hesitate to move to a safer country or place where there are better opportunities. Walk your own path, free from the blame and guilt that men try to place upon you for their own policies. ♀
Written by 4B Admin
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