Women's rights was not yet established. This was still a time that women may have run the household but may still have been considered property of the husband. Abigail Adams had a very forward thinking lifestyle. She reminded John Adams to remember the women and their rights when he was meeting to help establish the Constitution.
Because society perceives men as being more "expendable" than women, and women as being "weaker" than men in combat - both entirely untrue, of course, but things like these are difficult to change.
The reason why only men signed the Declaration of Independence was because women had no rights at that time.
In 1776 women had no rights and were just above slaves in men's eyes. They couldn't attend college, own property, have a bank account, or own a business.
They were signing their lives away. By seceding from Britain they were convicting treason (crossing)against their mother country. This was punishable by death.
The Vietnam War had 16 million men that avoided US military service (dodged the draft).
The Draft.
16,500,000
Men, age 18 plus.
90% by the draft
No, women are not required to register for the draft.
in the USA, only men are eligible for the draft.
The United States release heavy amounts of propaganda and there was a draft that required able men to sign up.
At the beginning of World War Two (and before) men willingly enlisted. The government put the draft in place eventually. The draft weeded out those who were not eligible to serve and those who could. Men continued to enlist willingly though. Some young men who were only 17 uncommonly and fraudulently enlisted too by telling the recruiters they were 18 and often showed false papers.
Men and women are treated differently in society. Men are expected to obtain leadership jobs and be stricter with employees. Women are expected to lead with a softer tone and allow employees more flexibility.
The American Constitution was signed by 39 men.
Shalespeare was a charter member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men who later became the King's Men.
The Confederate draft began in 1862 for the Civil war. Men were selected from the ages of 18-35 years of age. As the war continued along its bloody path, the age of draft was changed form 17-50 years of age and the times of service was for three years. Mostly single men were drafted. Married men could only be drafted after all the single men had been drafted. Exemptions to draft included those men who could purchase someone to take his place or even pay his way out of the draft. This method scorned those who were not able to have the financial means to buy their way out of the draft.
The Vietnam War had 16 million men that avoided US military service (dodged the draft).
Women didn't have rights back then.
By paying a substitute - a bad system, partly because the rank-&-file resented rich young men who could slide out of their duty, and also because these substitutes could only be deserters, draft-dodgers or over-age men, otherwise they would already be in uniform.
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