Originally posted by Moxie:
National service - yes. Military service - more ambivalent, but I'll vote no.
NS will mature them quicker from frivolous escapades like spending $200 on taxi fares chasing after pop stars. You wouldn't believe some of the 19-year-old females I encountered in NUS (inc. hostel reisdence). To them, "liberation" from JC life means - the most stupidest for me - bringing soft toys into examination halls as some sort of security blanket. Alamak!
Incoporating them into the SAF would be a tougher call. The latter is built around a lean & fighting-fit organization, which meant that males who're older naturalized citizens & overaged permanent residents won't even be called up for enlistment. If anything, it's this group whom I wanna draft from (rather than women as a whole) if I wanna increase the conscription intake.
So, perhaps, we can utilize most female conscripts elsewhere.
Our girls are spolied (Today's generation)... At Israel, girls are dragged into the armed forces like guys but only for a shorter term