Do you really believe that Women's Day has to be celebrated in a big way?

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I mean why this day it has to be celebrated in BIG everywhere to support womens rights. Dont we have rights already? Why noone celebrate Men Day in November in BIG like Womens day?  What does that say then about honor women but not men?  Do men then are meanignless individuals? Just saying I found this meme that a friend of mine posted on her social media account about tomorrow Women Day and I disagree on it. The meme says: Three male chauvinist attitudes to avoid this Women Day", -  To congratulate women on their day "just because they are the most beautiful beings" . 
 Women Day you remember , you do not celebrate it. It is about one day to keep us aware of the violence situations and injustice women face everyday" Todays many social media sites are posting phrases, memes of Women messages and how women have to fight for our rights and duties, empowerement, power (the new century term LOL!!!) and fight for equity like men. Even on TV there are specials dedicated to women today, Where I live in my country in this particular day , some feminists are going to take advantage of the day and have some little street parades, asking to legalize the abortion in my country and also the parade is to claim equity, rights in general, etc I m aware that just being a woman things change and we have to struggle more for things that it comes easier if you are a man, right? But does it have to be that way?

razelove · Accepted Answer

Costa Rica is a wonderful country, and I highly doubt abortions being illegal would stop them from occurring there at all. I mean, cocaine is illegal, guns and ammo are under tight control, but I found them pretty easily. Panama is also right next door, and though I don't know their specific laws, I do know they have a lot for offer very cheap with no questions. Also really scary police, I didn't see any border I crossed, but oh boy was it obvious when I started seeing the guys in camo with rifles, submachine-guns, shotguns, and absolutely no weapon discipline in where they were pointing the things.

Anyway, I don't see a need for women or men's day. If someone, or a group of people want to shame me for that, make both of them federal holidays with paid vacation and I'd get somewhat more enthusiastic. Combining women and men accounts for the entire population, Martin Luther King Jr. day is a federal holiday celebrating the catalyst of equality for 20% of the population, so why not?

It just doesn't seem like a big deal for anyone except a small amount of post-modern feminists and SJWs. The only feminists I met who wanted, you know, actual equality and cared about women's rights typically went to do work in Africa or the Middle East... not America, North, South or Central.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

There's a very prevalent idea, quite common even in the western first world where it's not even CLOSE to true, that women are the oppressed sex, held down and victimized for the benefit of men. Consequently, pretty much everything that's supposed to be a celebration of women is instead a trumpeting of their eternal victimhood, never praising their accomplishments, or pausing to appreciate their benefits, or even just saying "Here's a list of neat things about women". No, it's just Victim, Victim, Victim, all around the clock. You fill people's heads with this idea, and then you wonder why women never try to do anything big.

It's just another example of the prevailing psychosocial narrative of the last six thousand years: men get respect, women get empathy. Most people don't even know about international Men's day, and usually offer scorn and derision if they do. You can look at they way society treats people and say "this isn't fair". You can choose to carefully examine your behavior and treat people more equally. We can do it as individuals- but not as a society. If it's going to change, it's going to be one person at a time.

Kas19 · Accepted Answer

I don't know, I don't like complaining about stupid shit. I enjoyed hearing about the Kurdish women fighting ISIS. foreignpolicy.com/.../

And I watched the news and found a group of women starting their own taco business. It was super wholesome. I use this day as a reminder that we've come a long way and changed the way most people treat/view women. Watching them become successful and doing things that used to not be allowed or considered "appropriate".

International men's day should be treated the same way I believe. I don't know why people are so bitter about one day out of the year.

girlintroubles · Accepted Answer

First, I knew about the 11.19 Second, in many regions its already recognised women's day is not a day to be 'celebrated' but a day to commemorate about the fight for women's rights. Unfortunately in many societies women are still agressed for being women (raped, abused, burned) so this is a continues fight

jgokgotit · Answer

I'm not a fan of women's day/month, black history month or anything like that. To me, the fact that people feel the need to make these points blatant means they do not understand the law and the rights they do have. They are fighting for something they already have, which is a waste of energy. Don't get me wrong, it is important to remember the past so we do not repeat mistakes, but elevating a group above others (intentionally or not) will cause the past to repeat. Also, there is a difference between legal rights and prejudice. Legal rights are things the law covers. When it comes to the law, all people are equal in the U. S. The real problem we need to fight is prejudice, but no number of laws will change how people think on the inside. Take racism. The law gives blacks the same rights as whites. No more laws are needed to gain legal equality. Also, laws will not eliminate racism in a person's heart. The ONLY way to stop racism is to teach children correctly. Same with women's rights, etc.

VertigoJ · Answer

The fundamental point is that women are still not treated as equals. Truthfully, it's a lot better than it has been historically, but we still see gaps between the treatment of men and women. I don't think Womens day does any harm. We need to modify things, there is no harm in equal households, there's no harm in the quaint 50s housewife, but what we need, is to have a wide enough spectrum to encompass both the traditionalist, and the feminist. There is nothing wrong with feminism. Wanting to be seen as equal is not a bad thing, but, there are many women who want traditional gender roles, and it's not my place to tell them it is archaic, or malpractice. Womens day does no harm, and in celebration of oft unknown women who have unequivocally helped mankind, it does more good than anything else. It's not a fight. It's not an incitement to conflict and truth be told, it says more about people who have issues with it than those who do not.

JackSmy · Answer

I never thought that women needed a 'specific' and 'special' day. When I am in a relationship, with her, every day is SPECIAL, BECAUSE I am with her!!
I know my gender, and if you say this day, or that, most try to remember, but often fail.
But what about the guys that really LOVE, and CARE. Why does there need to be a specific day, because every day with her is special!!
Not that there are flowers, or chocolates every day! LOL! But just the close, intimacy, the close connection, love, and caring, EVERY DAY!

DevilsAdvocator · Answer

Enough said.

VanillaSalt · Answer

I wanna comment on your last paragraph. Some things come easier to men for sure. I can’t and won’t list them right now but I would like to point out the things that come easily for women that men don’t get. When a woman is abused the country fights back but when a man is abused it’s just a thing. When dating the woman holds the power of rejection, the power of selection, in marriage the power of the family, generally women spend a majority of the money of the household, in divorce they get priority in child custody, financial considerations. Outside relationships cops called on a domestic disturbance tend to look at the man as the cause at first, accusations of rape end men and their futures while the accusers whose claims were false suffer no retribution.

There’s many many inequalities in the world. It sucks but that’s why we come together. To balance these out and help each other.

AFellowWeeb · Answer

Women have it easier in life here in the west, feminists dont want equality, they want superiority, there's no point on making such a fuss on womens day, no need at all, women these days are being hired for high work positions not because of their skill, but because they were born with a vagina, im sick of fkng feminism, fkng toxic comunity, men here in the west suffer more than women, and no one gives a flying fk, women here live life on easy mode, just partying without any worry, they literally have to make up their own problems in life to make it appear harder, like dating shit men then complaining how ''''oppressed'''' they are.

Anonymous · Answer

I find it odd that the same people who sat next to me in science class in highschool and college need a special month to help them achive. They also need many many programs to encourage them to go into fields that they normally wouldn't go into.

What is more important? Going into a field that you are interested in or going into a field because a 58 year old fat single lesbian is telling a whole generation of girls that they need to go into it? Who will get the blame when the girl realizes that this is what she wanted but she already wasted a lot of $$ on getting that education

Thought121 · Answer

That's to each individual. It doesn't even have to be celebrated at all.
The reason we don't celebrate men could be because of the "War on Men" or because men really don't clamor for attention and celebration of the male sex.

Both men and women share struggles and those that may be unique to their sex. Being a man is every bit as hard as being a woman.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Cause mostly women were the oppressed. Could have Submissive guys days i guess because Submissive men were repressed by Romans and Greeks and probably lots of other places as Sex slaves?
But Overall dominant straight males were not that oppressed. And in England we do it because women couldn't vote when men could aka women been oppressed human rights which men had.

AdithyaR · Answer

Well to be honest, men weren't treated like second citizens for centuries and systematically oppressed for centuries.
So I can understand why women's day gets more attention.

Personally I celebrate both, I use each of the days to thank and appreciate all the women and men in my life that I have the privilege of knowing.

LeoElias · Answer

I didn't know a womens day or mens day even existed until now. I don't really care if a womens day exists. Let them have their moment. Let men have their moment with mens day. I don't care to have such a negative opinion against it. Let live and let go.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Women's day means sh*t to me, the last thing that i could think of is women's day because i'm an anti feminism...
I'll celebrate when i find a real traditional lady!

On woman's day i stop watching tv, because om this day they make a woman looks like god and the man like an insect!

Feminism is the cancer of today's world and the reason why the majority of women aren't happy at all and keeps complaining on men!

crazyish · Answer

I didn't even know it was women's day to be honest. Yes I have experienced injustice just because I am a woman, but that happens to everyone, just in a different discrimative way. No, It does not need to be this way.

OlderThanILook · Answer

I don't think it really matters. Anyone can celebrate anything on any day. I can have my own Men's day today if I really wanted to. No need to take anything away or give anything extra in my opinion. Just let people celebrate what they want.

DrunkAss · Answer

Now it's being labeled as "womxn's day", isn't it? I have no problem with holidays but I'm not a fan of divisive ideologies that conflate normality with supremacy.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't think of it as a celebration but a day to commemorate everything we've achieved. A day to think about the efforts and sacrifices our predecessors made and all the changes that still need to be made

Stevepro68 · Answer

I feel Samuel Jackson said it best about black history month. Do you really want a white history month? Why would I want a black history month? Same for women's day

Adam1978 · Answer

I don't celibate any of those days, except birthdays. I think you should act the same all year around and not let a calendar dictate when you treat someone in a special way.

EmmaMary · Answer

As far as I'm aware it's not actually celebrate as such here in the UK, in fact I didn't even know or realise this until today.

MillenniumBill · Answer

I always try to reverse things like this. Try celebrating "International Mens Day" and see what support you get.

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