GE 2011: Gender Equality Balance: Draft Girls to NS? Be Fair

Phorum Noob SG

The imposed gender-role of male-mandatory military service is pure sexism.

Society treats men like shit these days. So much expectation being a male-person.

Even after wasting 2.5 years of the best part of our youth (and not considering the waiting time) have to cut hair short every year for reservice and dye it black again.

Compensation for people who's jobs depends on productivity (i.e. research) or commission (i.e. sales) are completely unfair.

People who didn't have to waste time in NS, i.e. females, and foreigners, etc should pay higher tax.

likeyou SG

Every countries need army to defend their countries,

Each county got is own policy and training and depends on the duration of the training.

For Spore, seriously speaking, the duration is too long.

It should have to be further reduce.

Not a single parents will love his son to go army that long.

Our boys are being force to go army.

Force to take oath in the army.

Out boys are not happy to go army.

That is for sure.

Why make our boys suffer?

Wouldnt reduce to 12 mth to 12mth is the idea duration for the boys?

Mindef and ministers should think of the boys future. Not solely on defence but on spore economy too.

Dont be selfish, dont always think of defence. Our boys need to be out asap to fight against PRs and foreigners for the ricebowl. Our boys are falling behind......

Wake up please!

ditzy SG

There is a way, get your boy to denounce singapore citizenship before he turns 13 years old.

likeyou SG

Our mindef will not change the duration, they prefer to be like that for many many donkey years till some one some parties knock mindef out. If not, they wont change.

ditzy SG

I think 2 years is pretty good privilege already. I reckon not many people understand the reason for the active and 10 year cycle thing, hence all the distaste for national service.

In fact, if one gets posted to a lobo unit doing pointless things day after day, he'll see national service more as a waste of time than someone in a fully operational unit striving to stay operational.

From my experience, if you want your national service days to be fulfilling, don't chao keng and get yourself posted to a lobo unit to begin with. If you are fighting fit, just do your best, some days may suck, but end of the journey, you know you did the best for yourself, and no one else.

likeyou SG

Agreed.

But nobody knows what's inside army life is.

Advertisment on mindef etc...are all propaganda.

I heard from my friend son (who is currently in the army), they are still practising big fish eat small fish, learn to act blur and dont b a hero if you want to survive in the ns. 'keng' when possible.

Sigh!

soleachip SG

anyone saw every singaporean son on nat geo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4mpPWZsyU

ditzy SG

Agreed.

But nobody knows what's inside army life is.

Advertisment on mindef etc...are all propaganda.

Sigh!

Well, someone who is going to take on a new job doesn't know what to expect either. As for advertisements from mindef, I reckoned they are targetted more at regular sign ups.

Which real world profit making organisation in this world is not practising what you mentioned above? Honestly, that 2 years of active service will wake up your idea what abit of shit is compared to the more fucked up shit you face when you get out of it.

likeyou SG

On the other hand, heard from my friend too that life in amry is totally different from the 70s or 80s, no cookhouse, all good food, no area cleaning, lots of things dont have already.

Probably I am fom the 80s...that's why all ns serving are fcuk.

the Bear SG

do not look for "equality" because it doesn't exist.. men and women are fundamentally different.. to seek "equality" is stupid and counterproductive... there are things which men will never be able to do.. and some things women are genetically not designed to do...

live with it..

what you need to seek is "equity" and THAT is harder to find and is hell of a lot more just than anything..

direct your energies to seeking that...

fudgester SG

This is probably forum thread #134,987,203 on this topic.

soleachip SG

if the imposed gender role of male mandatory military svc is sexism, what then r u trying to strive for by disputing sexism?

gender bias? ageism? racism? what abt them?

eliminate all the imbalances then wat have u got? the problem of purism?

y the obsession with correctness anyway?

want us to pay more tax just because u feel shortchanged?

will u one day question the fairness of pay equity in sg?

examine ur own motives b4 berating compulsory NS.

how emotional!

Culture counter SG

Putting all other things aside, Policy Makers, you are beseeched to pay heed to the following proposal which should be implemented IMMEDIATELY:-

NS for males:-

1 yr duration: 2 months BMT, remaining 10 months service.

NSF no need for command school: Leave roles of commanders to regulars who sign on as a career. Pay them well and there will be many who are willing to sign on.

Alternatively, NSF who want to volunteer for command school may do so but must sign a voluntary extension of an extra half-year service i.e. that makes his NSF duration become a total of 1 & a 1/2 years.

NS for females:-

6 months duration: 1 month BMT, remaining 5 months service.

Reservist ICT apply to males: 10 cycles (1wk duration each)

Reservist ICT apply to females: 5 cycles (1 wk duration each)

SBS2601D SG

You are kidding right.

I was only a man, and my training already took 9 months, reduce my NS further and I serve for...?

Singapore AFOL SG

Gender equality ask gals to serve too.

Culture counter SG

SBS2601D: Whatever time you have spent in NS is considered as time served for National Service. For some people time may pass quickly because they are in combat, for some there would be a lot of saikang time. But whatever it is, precious time still passes on. Male Singaporeans will lose 2 years of precious time and lag behind S'porean females as well as foreigners, in terms of further studies and career progression.

You were probably a commando man to have done 9 months of training for the red beret. Perhaps they could modify & reduce the training to adapt to the local needs & requirements.

the Bear SG

You were probably a commando man to have done 9 months of training for the red beret. Perhaps they could modify & reduce the training to adapt to the local needs & requirements.

a badly trained soldier is just cannon fodder..

and good training takes time..

the Lim Siah Suay bullshit about faster, better and cheaper results in the shit we see around now...

you want to be cannon fodder?

you want your sons to be cannon fodder?

your choice

Phorum Noob SG

Its not only the 2 years. But females should also serve, and have to cut their hair short and dyed black every year during reservice.

Those who have wasted their 2.5 years or even 3 years of their youth in the past weren't properly compensated also.

Phorum Noob SG

live with it..

what you need to seek is "equity" and THAT is harder to find and is hell of a lot more just than anything..

direct your energies to seeking that...

So women should only be allowed to wear skirt and stay in the kitchen?

These days there are just too much artifical societal pressure imposed for men (even in this day and age where we are not cavemen any more), with all the stupid western machismo-ideals; where male-persons are supposed to be emotionally strong and independent, and have to act tough all the time, or risk being bullied by aggressive muscle-for-brains macho-apes.

I've seen plenty of women who look and are physically more "manly" than me, why aren't they serving? Why are PES C and below serving, when PES A female-people aren't?

Besides, there are other less physically demanding saikang positions in NS for everyone to waste their youth away, and also for reservice.

Phorum Noob SG

You are kidding right.

I was only a man, and my training already took 9 months, reduce my NS further and I serve for...?

Go BMT. Whoever likes to "serve" so much can sign on as their own personal "choice", while the rest can move on to real jobs. Those who have already wasted their youth serving 2.5 years or more should be fairly compensated.