Women and men have served on combat but women are not required to register for the draft. One in five new military recruits are women, men are still singled out and are required to register with the Selective Service for a possible future draft. Quiendlen argues that this is an example of discrimination against women and that the entire selective service procedure is an anachronism.
The idea of conscription is distasteful to many, but the draft is an unfortunate necessity. While women officers and enlisted personnel serve with difference in the United States women have never been subject to Selective Service registration or an