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March 8 is international women’s day. The most ignored of all holidays by US culture. To an almost hilarious degree. My partner frequently brags that she’s the
by Swizec 5mo ago
March 8 is international women’s day. The most ignored of all holidays by US culture. To an almost hilarious degree.
My partner frequently brags that she’s the only of her friends and coworkers, in 10+ years, who has ever gotten flowers for women’s day. Meanwhile even Uber drivers have wished her a happy women’s day in various heavy foreign accents.
- xyzelement 5mo ago// My partner frequently brags March 8th is for the partners, mother's day is for the wives :) Just kidding but couldn't resist.
- throwaway27727 5mo agoInternational men's day isn't a thing in the US either, so that's not surprising. Contrast to Mother's/Father's Day, which are.
- drfloyd51 5mo agoI feel some editorializing going on. Here[0] is a list of many holidays that are ignored more than international women’s day. Happy International Day of Plant Health to you! 0: https://www.un.org/en/observances/list-days-weeks https://www.un.org/en/observances/list-days-weeks
- halb 5mo agointernational day of plant health is on may 12, not today!
- ipaddr 5mo agoNovember 19 is international men's day. How many times have you gotten flowers on that day? Or Uber drivers wishing you a happy men's day?
- avycado13 5mo agolol. why arent we celebrated more
- catlikesshrimp 5mo agoThe joke goes as following: Women are celebrated once a year... because men have the rest of the days.
- lanstin 5mo agoFathers in the US can go out in public doing the absolute minimal amount of parenting work with a kid and bask in the warmth of approval from all observers.
- dyauspitr 5mo agoI wouldn’t say that. I don’t believe a men’s day even exists.
- rkomorn 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day
- einpoklum 5mo agoLike May 1st which is snubbed in favor of (non-organized?) Labor Day, and, well, the metric system which has somehow still not been adopted in the US...
- Swizec 5mo ago> Like May 1st which is snubbed in favor of (non-organized?) Labor Day Oh don’t even get me started! Labor Day was specifically set for a different day than May 1st to discourage solidarity with international labor movements. Wouldn’t want people to feel a camaraderie with the communists and socialists abroad
- locallost 5mo agoFlowers for women's day is another ultimately weird tradition in many countries. Weird because the point of women's day is equality and not to be treated like our little special ladies. I always half jokingly said a more suitable gift would be a mini wrench or a screwdriver.