I think it’s stupid. I don’t need an international day. Right now, boys and men in America are being marginalized and asked not to be themselves. The only way to have a loving, wonderful society is to allow both men and women their own natures.
I grew up during women’s lib. I grew up thinking I could do anything I wanted. I think it’s almost funny that any woman in America thinks in 2019 that men hold them back. I also do not think that in 2019 white people hold black people back, or straights hold gays back. I don’t see the need to fuss over it.
I do see the need to fight for marginalized groups in other parts of the world, and safety for children and helpless people (seniors and special needs), and to stop abuse of underlings and youth by powerful people. I’m glad overall for the #metoo movement. People who have been truly abused need to speak up to keep future girls safe. I don’t want my daughter abused like I was.
It is ok to be male. It’s not toxic. It’s good, and powerful. It’s ok to be female. And it’s ok to be male or female and not be traditional, too. It’s all ok; there is room for us all. You cannot say that it is wonderful for a lesbian to be able to be as butch as the toughest rodeo rider, and not allow men the very same privilege. If you allow transgenders to be super made up, frilly, and feminine, then you must allow women the same right.
My wife voiced similar concerns. She also said “what about a march for white men?” to which I replied “we are all too busy working, keeping our families and country going to waste our time on marching”
That Women’s Day is a slap in our faces. Big woo, a whole day just like squirrels get their day! We’ve had our day every day just like men for practically forever. My grandmother, born at the turn of the century, was working equally along side my grandfather and doing both man’s and woman’s work all her life. Same with her mother and so on back. No, thanks, I’ll trade my day in for a second Chocolate Day.