Mandatory military service is “unavoidable duty” for Korean men, not a “choice”, so Korean men have to sacrifice for two years for nation with just about 80.000won as a monthly pay, without any other rewards. Adding extra points to discharged men was carried out since 1984 in only civil service exam. Still, in 1999, this policy was decided as unconstitutional by reason of violating women and physical handicapped people’s right to equality. However, I believe Korean government has to reward for Korean men’s sacrifice for the public covering those women and handicapped people. Also, the limit of application of adding extra points should be more expended. Some people who are against for this policy’s argument is that this system can be a discrimination for women and physically handicapped men, because they have no choice to go army and get the extra points. Thus they cannot get extra points so they will lose competition with men who fulfilled mandatory military service in society. However, I wonder if someone is questioned that, “Which is better for you? Getting extra points after fulfilling military service for 2 years or not going army and just studying and practicing for your career.” Everyone would answer “the latter” without exception. Nobody wants to go mandatory military service by force just for getting small extra points by government. Therefore, I disagree with their argument, because this cannot be discrimination for women and physically handicapped men, and also we should give a difference discharged men and not discharged men by military corruptions.

          Koreans has 4 national obligations that obligation of education, obligation of tax, obligation of labor and obligation of military. The Constitution of Korea imposes to all Koreans but only Men have obligation to serve in the military. Objectors about this system ignore this reverse discrimination of obligation of military and argue that the discharged soldiers are the main beneficiaries of the extra points. However, the law doesn’t exclude women. Then, how can this system be discrimination for women? Also, Korea is the only nation giving a privilege to women in conscript nations. In other conscript nations, men and women have about the same obligation to serve in the military. However, because Korean women are exempted in obligation to serve in the military, women get a job far earlier than men. While men fulfill duty for military service, women have the chance to study more or strike out in to the world. During the period when men stay in army, they sacrifice a lot. Restricting from place, privacy, behavior and even restricting of speech. If there are women attempt to enter a company, but failed to enter the company, she has to be blamed on her efforts, not the extra points.

          Secondly, we should make a difference between men who fulfilled their mandatory military service appropriately and men who don’t by military service corruption or healthy problem. The military service law states about the healthy man in the Korea, they should follow the duty on the military service. Men who can’t go to the military service by disability or health problem can’t be included in the extra point’s benefits. However, I think this is fair because they cannot go so other men should go instead of them and work for national security including those kinds of people. Then why is this discrimination for them? They worked for them, but also should give up rewards for them again? Besides, in civil service exam or employment of public enterprise, physically and mentally handicapped people are getting extra points. There is more 2years for women and there are extra points for men who don’t go army for healthy problem, then why is there nothing for men who sacrificed their 2 years for those public?

          Also, there are many military corruptions in Korea. Especially, the powerful and wealthy man’s kids don’t do the military service. Thus we should make some difference for men who fulfilled it appropriately. For example, not long ago Mc-Mong who is famous Korean hip-hop singer’s military service corruption was the biggest problem in the society. The current military service law states that a person with nine molars missing is deemed unfit for service. So He had on purpose about in a tooth extraction to be a civil service man, not go to the army. We can see lots of celebrity who did a civil service. In the truth, it happens not only in the celebrity but also in the upper class’s kids. Thus we should give some difference between those people and discharged man.

          I am not arguing only for giving difference for discharged men. Because there are so many damages mentally and physically in our obligatory military service, we should treat their right for rewarding the harsh 2years. All Korean young men should get intensive training for our national security and for us. We should proud of them. Then, Why is adding extra points for them unfair? Also, According to a research, over the 80% of citizens agree with giving extra points for discharged men. In this vein, I firmly believe that adding extra points for men who fulfilled their obligatory military service appropriately should be brought back in our society and be carried out. Also, I insist the extension of this system not only in civil service exam, but also in employment of public and private enterprise.