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That is a false equivalency and patently not valid. There were deferments, medical or educational. It was Federal, most posts were not direct combat with an 031* MOS. Many men went to Canada, or AWOL or were conscientious objectors. Also at the end of it all a large part of society considered them having completed their sevice and honored them as heroes and veterans if they finished their tour/rotation.
I'm not going to get into how terrible the VA is, or how useless the GI bill was during 'nam. But no, the draft does not equate to the looooooooong history of legislation that was levied on women, everything from there not being marital rape to being required to carry a rapist's insemination to term. Fuck that whole trail of logic there.
Yes men can be sexually assaulted and yes the draft sucked, but it does not equate to female bodied or female presenting people's plight under the patriarchy.
Just to update others on just how wrong you are there is a link below.
https://lemmy.world/comment/13155816
Why is a false equivalency? It is a law that controls men's bodies. My uncle and father were forced to go to war against their wills. They survived but they both knew many people who didn't. My uncle ended up dying from problems caused by his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
Would you accept the excuse for banning abortion that women could just go to Canada to get one? Of course not. Fuck that.