The draft and more sexism (CC)

Keeping with the theme of gender issues, I have decided to talk about the draft. That being, for those who don't know, the ability of the government in times of war to mandate that males 18-25 can be forced into military service. The draft was technically stopped in 1973, now instead we have "selective service" whereas in times of "national emergency" this agency, yes there is an entire agency devoted to this, would hold a literal lottery where they would draw birthdays out of a lottery drum and if its your birthday you must sign up to fight. More on this later. Now, in both cases women are totally exempt from any form of conscription. Is this sexism - against men? The simple answer would be yes. Indeed it would appear that men are being cast as macho warrior, eager to fight the enemy, while women are once again considered fragile homemakers, the very core of their idea fundamentally incompatible with fighting. In this case, the entire institution in question is rife with gender typing and stereotypes. Neither gender should have to feel obligated to either go into combat, for men, or stay out of it, for women. I do understand that women on average are significantly weaker than men, but less physical strength does not necessarily for a less capable soldier. Moreover, I'm sure that the thinking when women were excluded from the draft was not that they were necessarily less capable, but rather that "women were weak" or "women should be cleaning not fighting" or other such overgeneralized false aphorisms. Even discounting the moral problems with forcing people into military service, the system of the draft remains yet another relic of a less developed and resoundingly worse time for people in general. I hope to see it reformed soon.