Today is the International Women's day, a day when we are suppose to celebrate women and equality. Or fight for equality at least. So waking up today and checking my Facebook I noticed how everyone suddenly have become feminists. Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing that people are feminists and want equality but it confuses me how some people only seem to care once a year.
Personally, I rarely call myself a feminist even though I believe in equality so this day doesn't make me feel the need to show the world that I support equality.
Another issue I have with this day is that if we want equality, why isn't this the International Equality day? By making this the women's day we are deciding to separate ourselves from men and therefore preventing equality even more. As I've mentioned previously on my blog we need to stop believing we should have special treatment for the world to actually be able to become equal.
International Women's day is very different from the other "days" where we are suppose to celebrate our mothers, fathers, partners etc but in the end my opinion about these share my opinions about this. Shouldn't we show people we love them everyday instead of having a set day for it? Shouldn't we work towards an equal world everyday?
By having to have an Women's day we admit to the rest of the days being Men's days. It's like we are making ourselves become victims even though we aren't. I know many people think that us women have the right to call ourselves victims in a patriarchal world but in my opinion this doesn't solve any problems. From experience I've learnt that being the victim doesn't change anything. The way to change things is to be stronger and show people that we're not going to let them push us down.
So today I won't celebrate International Women's day. Instead I will continue to study and work my way up to the top and show the world that I can be a strong and independent woman.
Personally, I rarely call myself a feminist even though I believe in equality so this day doesn't make me feel the need to show the world that I support equality.
Another issue I have with this day is that if we want equality, why isn't this the International Equality day? By making this the women's day we are deciding to separate ourselves from men and therefore preventing equality even more. As I've mentioned previously on my blog we need to stop believing we should have special treatment for the world to actually be able to become equal.
International Women's day is very different from the other "days" where we are suppose to celebrate our mothers, fathers, partners etc but in the end my opinion about these share my opinions about this. Shouldn't we show people we love them everyday instead of having a set day for it? Shouldn't we work towards an equal world everyday?
By having to have an Women's day we admit to the rest of the days being Men's days. It's like we are making ourselves become victims even though we aren't. I know many people think that us women have the right to call ourselves victims in a patriarchal world but in my opinion this doesn't solve any problems. From experience I've learnt that being the victim doesn't change anything. The way to change things is to be stronger and show people that we're not going to let them push us down.
So today I won't celebrate International Women's day. Instead I will continue to study and work my way up to the top and show the world that I can be a strong and independent woman.
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