It's still a penalty based on what half of the population you were randomly born into.
Male lifespan is on average shorter, and this burden is yet another thing on the minus side.
Male lifespan is on average shorter, and this burden is yet another thing on the minus side.
I’m also too old.
It does seem like a years service isn’t the worst burden though, especially in peacetime, with an option to do civil service as an alternative to military service.