Compulsory military service for all: women have long been serving

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Compulsory military service for all, including women, sounds like equal rights. But women have long been serving the nation: on average, almost 15 months in parental leave.

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... for women like men, but with the choice: military service or social service, Alice Schwarzer finds. Such a "community year" would not only be gender-appropriate, it would also be good for society. Recently a friend addressed me: "Tell me, Alice, you are for justice. Do you find that just, that now a military duty for men is planned again, but not for women?