. >> miss mcgwire, i wanted to ask you a question. as we went around and talked to people across the country about the issue of females being required to register with selective service, proponents of that position made the point that doing so would give women something, more respect in the eyes of society, greater equality. am i understanding your testimony to be that no, in fact, it would take away something from women? it would be a setback for women's rights rather than an advancement? >> i think that mentality is sort of what i would call patriarchal leftovers, that the idea that women have only achieved something if we've done something that men do, and that's sort of what i'm always trying to resist and so i think -- i mean certainly i would view it as a setback for women's rights because were there to be a national emergency, they would have lost the right to make the choice about whether or not they want to stay home with their children or be sent overseas into a war potentially, but i think the bigger concern again is this m