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by PButtNutter 2676 days ago
> there's a valid counterpoint in that only women assume the risks and responsibility of pregnancy and childbirth

> The draft and pregnancy are fundamentally different things that can't be made equivalent.

If they are fundamentally different and can't be made equivalent, then having a male-only draft in no way compensates for women having to give birth. Which directly contradicts your first statement that it is a valid counterpoint.

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Many things can't be made equivalent, yet we try to "balance the scales" anyway. If you get assaulted then sue your assailant for damages, that monetary compensation isn't going to be equivalent to the physical and psychological damages you sustained.
If we try to "balance the scales" by completely removing them from one side, can they truly be refered to as balanced?