If the duty returns, it should apply to everyone, says Hedwig Richter, professor at the Bundeswehr University. The author withhu Sanyal counters: that is misunderstood feminism.
© Hilarius Riese for the time (left); Gene Glover for the time (right)
THE TIME: Mrs. Sanyal, the general inspector of the Bundeswehr In the event of renewed conscription, women also want to include women. You are against it. Why?
Mithu Sanyal: Women already have enough disadvantages in this society. On average, you get less money for the same work than Menand they take on more care for children and old ones. They have the greater risk of poverty, especially as single mothers. Exceptionally, it was an advantage that they never had to do military service. We shouldn’t take this advantage for you.
