Of course, I don't argue against that. I just wish people would be less intrusive with these holidays. Celebrations should be opt-in, not opt-out enforced on every work and study place!
Also, Wikipedia article describes a lot of cool stuff... that just isn't really relevant to how it's perceived here, in my experience. I have NEVER in my life seen anyone treating 8th March as even remotely connected to feminism. People just see it as the day when you bring flowers to cis women and tell them how beautiful they are and stuff.
I respect the holiday's premise and honestly would love it but this is one of the national holidays and as such people are SO intense about it.
And I have never really seen anyone actually seeing feminism and liberation in this holiday. Hell, it's the opposite, with all the stereotypes and misogyny!
But not all holidays are like this... there's another one that literally celebrates men as 'future soldiers'. I hate it so fucking much!
I guess so. Tbh I found this pic when I was searching for a wallpaper for my Haiku install ages ago. It just worked really well with Dracula so I went with it.
Bigoted men often comment on women's appearance.
"Too much makeup." "Your skirt is too short." "You should smile more."
It goes without saying that the women they're judging weren't asking for their opinions.