If sex is irrelevant, why are conscripts usually men and boys?

[CornflakeMum]

Looking for a genuine intellectual discussion about this. Historically it seems obvious that the reasons are
a) men/young men (boys) are bigger, stronger
b) women are smaller, less strong and more likely to be responsible for caring & looking after children/ elderly parents

BUT
In the world we now live in surely male conscription is sexist and raises all sorts of issues:

• should young women be conscripted too?
• should transwomen be conscripted?
• should transmen be accepted as conscripts?
• could a man identify as trans to avoid conscription?
• in same sex couples with children should one partner care and one be conscripted?

Why would anyone think animals won't hunt species to extinction?

I remember an elderly member of the local target shooting club telling me that the best shots were "women and South Africans". I assume he didn't regard the latter as a third gender.

@Nemorth

You know, it's one of those moments I'll re-live for ever in my head, mentally kicking myself as I do.

Oh well, maybe it will displace another moment.

Lmao I was confused reading this exchange!

For clarity, the one UK land border with the neighbour who clearly wouldn't want to attempt a land invasion is with ROI. So our situation is pretty much the polar opposite of that in Ukraine, the sort where needing mass numbers of people strong enough to hold guns and be in the field might be relevant.