To be bored of International Women’s Day?

[Athenaena]

I suspect the answer will be a resounding yes.

I totally appreciate women have overcome suppression etc and I’m absolutely proud and immensely grateful for the sacrifices my fellow women have made in the past to allow myself and others to be where we are today, but I just feel bored by all the constant ‘Who run the world, girls’ ‘Shoutout to all my fellow queens’ etc posts that I’ve been bombarded with on various social media platforms this morning.

Why do we need a ‘special day’? It just feels a bit patronising and unnecessary, added to that, some of the women sharing this stuff are some of the cattiest, misogynistic women I know. They’re okay to empower other women today when it’s popular.

All in all I just find it totally unnecessary. Yay, we’re women aren’t we great, woohoo

@BashfulClam if it’s that much of an arse ache, don’t do it.

Yanbu to dislike some of the social media drivel but yabu to object to the concept of International Womens Day or to deny the need for it. Yes we have come a long way (particularly in the west) but there is still a heck of a way to go.

Errr I think you need to improve the quality of women you follow on social media because I haven’t seen anything like what you describe posted.

Why do we need a ‘special day’? It just feels a bit patronising and unnecessary, added to that, some of the women sharing this stuff are some of the cattiest, misogynistic women I know. They’re okay to empower other women today when it’s popular.

must be lovely to be you without a care in the world.
YABVVVU

It grew out of the labour movement. So counter some of the meaningless guff and post on your own social media that you encourage all your friends & colleagues to join a union. That's a powerful action!

The violent mobbing of a women's demonstration in Paris at the weekend - the latest in attacks around the world, including the UK - tells me Women's Day is very much needed.

yep, AFAIK it was started by female communists in Germany over 100 years ago (before they had the vote)

My social media today is full of people sharing resources where to get help or aid or finding out your rights, as well as "shouting out to the fierce female friends" - more of the former than the latter, tbh.

‘Who run the world, girls’ ‘Shoutout to all my fellow queens’

I'd be annoyed with that too but you do realise it's not the fault of IWD but because you're friends with idiots?

If people are going around wishing people “happy international women’s day” then they have massively missed the point.

It is needed more than ever, but we have got the tone (the social media sisterhood stuff) completely wrong.

I'd definitely be bored by the sort of trite drivel the OP cites. I'm not bored by information on some of the substantive issues faced by women around the world.
If you're on FB etc, link to some serious stuff. We can celebrate that there is an IWD, but it needs to be used for furthering equality and justice for women.

Some women could do to look closely in the mirror and change the way they treat other women. 😔

If you’re saying we need more than mere lip service then yes I completely agree

If you think even for a second that women are treated as equal to men you are absolutely mistaken.

Just look at sentencing for gender related crimes domestic violence and rape.

The rise of choking women during sex which has been used as a defence - SUCCESSFULLY

Think about the fact the we can no longer define ourselves because we have to include da menz. This is completely dangerous because we cannot protect what we can’t define.

Women’s sport is being completely destroyed by the inclusion of men. This might seem quite trivial but when you have North American male athletes winning female university scholarships, it has far reaching consequences.

The parlous attitude towards sexual harassment and

THE COMPLETE LACK OF MALE VOICES on tackling these issues. Even the “good ones” lie my gender critical husband wouldn’t be sticking their heads above any parapets any time soon because they’re alright Jack.

We need international women’s day because EVERY OTHER DAY is INTERNATIONAL MENS DAY

@Tanith

The violent mobbing of a women's demonstration in Paris at the weekend - the latest in attacks around the world, including the UK - tells me Women's Day is very much needed.

True. Women have a long, long way to go when - as per press reports and footage - women who have survived human trafficking, torture and rape get attacked by angry men in public and the police are seemingly unbothered.

Yabu to think the work is done. Yanbu to be sick of IWD being an excuse for marketing crap to women and empty words.
I was fuming this morning when I read my employer’s statement about IWD and it didn’t even mention women, it was all about their diversity work on ethnicity! Which is obviously really important but IWD is the one day to focus on women - at the very least why not talk about the issues faced by women of colour!

It’s ONE FUCKING DAY

Can’t we have anything nice?

If men can have an international mens day that we can have a womens day 🤷‍♀️

@Maxellious

There is so much inequality, but there is a frustrating lack of actions, or guidance for action.

I was shot down in a meeting last Women's Day by suggesting if men had equal parental leave rights, it would help women with workplace equality. Apparently that would be "giving something to the men"...

You're right, it does. But in the UK men do have equal rights (if they want to use them) with shared parental leave.

I think you're tired of a certain type of social media response to International Women's Day, which is completely understandable. But the cause itself is so important, especially the International part. There are women/girls all over the world suffering forced and/or child marriage, female genital mutilation, oppression under the guise of religion, dying needlessly in childbirth, to name only a few. I could go on. Plus "lesser" (I hate to use that word) issues of domestic abuse, period poverty, the issue of biological males being legally allowed to occupy female spaces.

I think you're bored of a certain predictable type of response rather than not seeing the importance of highlighting these issues.

Where have I said that women aren’t treated unequally, or that the work is done in regards to gaining equality, I haven’t. I just think IWD seems a bit pointless unless it’s actually going to result in useful actions and I just can’t get worked up about the fact I happen to be female. I can be proud of my mother/ sister/ friends without someone telling me I need to be. I can be concerned about the plight of women around the world without IWD too.

Obviously going to have to agree to disagree. It’s personal opinion I guess anyway. Personally, I find it all a bit nauseating and patronising but accept I’m in the minority.

YANBU.

I work in tech, an industry which is still dominated by men. When I was in university fewer than 10% of the students on my course were women. There are fantastic events put on by organisations who encourage women in tech and women in STEM in general which happen for IWD.

However, my social media is also full of "Yass Queen!" posts and shops trying to sell me lipstick on the back of IWD. These are not helpful. They seem to have taken over IWD and taken it away from its original important message.

It's to wind up all the daft men on social media who get their panties all twisted yelling "there's no international men's day!" When there is, it's in November.

YABU
Unfortunately we do need such a day.

@Sirzy

We have come a long way but we still have a long way to go.

Without learning about the history we can’t learn lessons for the future

It’s going backwards when sex based protection is going out the window.