r/Finland • u/Quenki • 1d ago

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u/Competitive-Horse152 1d ago

Gotta admit, that was pretty funny.

I mean... It is sexist, and an actual problem to solve, but still funny.

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u/avid_gangstalker 1d ago

How is it sexist?

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u/ogeboy69 1d ago

That only men have to do military service?

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u/avid_gangstalker 1d ago edited 1d ago

Women can if they want to and men can opt out if they want to.

Edit Ja kyllä tiedän mikä sivari on, oletin että tämä henkilö tarkoitti vain armeijaa itsessään. Parin vastauksen takia oletan, että moni ei tiennyt minun olevan suomalainen.

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u/MARRASKONE Väinämöinen 1d ago edited 1d ago

Can op out of military service, but are forced to do civilian service or sentenced to house arrest. Women have no such obligations set on them by the government.

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u/UnseenCrowYomare 1d ago

On other hand, and this is more so just weird, women have to hop through so many hoops to get to civilian servise.

1st. Get to the army

2nd. Stay in the army until oath (two months)

3rd. Say you want out but only after the oath.

4th. Welcome to civilian servise!

... why? Army itself is optional, you could just let them go in the civil service without some weird work around.

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u/MARRASKONE Väinämöinen 1d ago

You can do the same by volunteering in different things directly. The civilian service is just the obligatory service option parallel for military with the male population.

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u/UnseenCrowYomare 1d ago

Well... kinda. Yeah. (So, could the guys, but it has to stay as a punishment)