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...Next Big Thing. The Great Asian Invasion. The Standing (Tall) Committee himself—7’5 Yao Ming—was in town. As in every other American city the Rockets have visited during their regular season carnival, Yao, this season’s No. 1 draft pick, was the big draw. A nation that was not long ago terrified by a summer of shark attacks now eagerly embraces the Pride of the Shanghai Sharks...
Last month, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., spoke at the ARCO Forum about his consciousness-raising bill to reinstitute the military draft. In his speech, Rangel insisted that war or no war, there has to be more “shared sacrifice” in this country—and this needs to include not only men of all races and classes, but women as well...
...course, there has not been a military draft since 1973, but in 1980 Congress, receiving a bill from President Jimmy Carter, reinstated a requirement for 18-year-old men to register with the Selective Service System so that in the event of a military conflict where volunteer forces are not sufficient, they may be called to serve their country. Men who do not register are barred from receiving federal student aid and are subject to criminal prosecution. Women, on the other hand, are not allowed to register...
...Supreme Court, in 1981, upheld Congress’ decision not to register women—the argument being that since women were restricted from combat positions, they would serve the military no useful purpose in a draft intended to gather troops for combat...
...however, though the draft may honor citizens for their patriotism, it is also one of the most glaring examples of state-sanctioned sexual discrimination. The reality is that despite persisting stereotypes about the weak nature of women in the military, women can and do fight in combat positions with as much strength as their fellow male soldiers. In 1995, the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass. found that after 24 weeks of physical training, more than 75 percent of the ordinary female civilians in the study could do the tasks male soldiers were required...