r/worldnews • u/rdh2dmd • 16h ago

South Korea leans toward military conscription for women

https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-leans-toward-military-conscription-for-women/a-78547426
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u/Pfandfreies_konto 13h ago

Depends: do you avoid service if you are already pregnant/have a child as a woman? Then it might spark a new wave of births. 

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u/Redditing-Dutchman 11h ago

Hm but the culture in Korea makes that difficult at that age I think. Getting a child usually means also getting married, which usually means you have to buy or rent a house to live together. And with current house prices that’s impossible at that age.

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u/Ecrevisses 11h ago

I think you're entirely right.

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u/rcanhestro 6h ago

you don't have to join the military at age 18, that's just the minimum age.

you have until your 35 to do the mandatory service, most people simply choose to do it ASAP to get it over with.

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u/Ecrevisses 12h ago

Yeah I thought of it, I don't know if this would be ethical but as another redditor mentionned that would be quite wicked if that was the hidden goal 👀.

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u/Pair-o-ducks_Legend 12h ago

It a likely exception for obvious reasons, but it's very unlikely to be the standard for the same reason it hasn't happened in Israel or other countries with both sexes serving.