"My body, my choice" applies to more than one issue related to bodily autonomy. Others get no say in what an individual may do with their own bodies.
Unfortunately, that is not some kind of universally agreed ethical principle, so I am not sure what value it brings to this conversation.
The other commenter on this sub-thread just gave you another example of that.
Source, you?
I could argue the opposite. If your purported "exception" applies to 80%+ of the global population, a minimal dash of common sense would make me think that's the rule, not the other way around.
Your "exception"s are quite loose, pal!
OK, don't answer that, I did my own research[1] and from the Western democracies that have mandatory military service there are: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Greece and Estonia. They're more than I expected, and overall, including less democratic nations, there's a total of 66 (out of 194). By population it's even less, as none of the top countries except Brazil and Russia have mandatory service.
So overall that's very much less than 80%, but definitely more than I was expecting.
[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
But what you found further reinforces my point. Thanks.
My whole thread here was about trying to understand your reasoning, and perhaps make you understand mine, but instead of helping me you refuse to engage in good faith so I'll stop here.
[edit] To answer your question: yes, there are only 66 countries with mandatory military service. Among the Western democracies there are the Nordics, Estonia, Austria and Greece. From here: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...