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There are plenty of potential recruits left.
They just don’t have the political stomach to implement true equality. So they continue to treat men as disposable.
True equality's impossible, both are inherently different.
And that justifies treating men as disposable assets of war?
Some of the best combatants in modern warfare - and no few in historical warfare - have been female.
Conscription should not be bigoted and sexist.
The average man outperforms the average woman in effectively all tasks related to physical strength and endurance. Surely you see why warfare, something largely dependant on physical strength and endurance, is mainly left to men.
Aside from infantrymen and marines who might need to hump 100+kg of gear across rough terrain and run the risk of engaging in close-quarters and possibly even hand-to-hand combat, modern weapons largely negates the strength advantage of men.
100% of all support roles and probably up to 80% of all combat roles can be employed by women without any degradation of direct combat effectiveness.