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It's today. No-one else seems to have noticed around here, so I thought I should say a few words &ct.

Post what you are doing for women's day. Myself, I shall be watching some porn to celebrate the feminine half of our species.

To celebrate national women's day I have declaired a 'Women Amnesty' in my local constituency. People are encouraged to bring any women they have lying about and dump them at my flat, no questions asked, no leagal action taken.

Originally posted by Lacadaemon II
Myself, I shall be watching some porn to celebrate the feminine half of our species.

Amen to that brother, *clanks beer glasses*. :D

was this not orignially a communist thing like interation female workers day or summin, or is it just some femanist thing.

Wow, some feminist I am...I didn't even know it was Women's Day.:(

I'm at work feeling guilty because I didn't stay home to take care of my sick kids even though my husband is there to do it, but he apparently thinks I have a duty as the mom to be there anyway.

Typical gender role confusion today.

your mothers must be so proud to have such sensitive sons

That is coincidentally funny. I am being very sarcastic. I'm not too happy to be a woman today. No appreciation from me today. :(

That is coincidentally funny. I am being very sarcastic. I'm not too happy to be a woman today. No appreciation from me today. :(
I know what you mean...it should be International Relieve PMS Day!

your mothers must be so proud to have such sensitive sons

She is. Thank you.

Being a female my self, I dont see a point to Womens day.

Also I composed this song about women:

#sings#
Women!!!
Chances are you know one.
Women!!!
You may even beeeeeeeeeee[high] one.
Women, look at all the things that you have done,
then you open your hearts and let in everyone.

(Drum solo followed by key shift)

Women, yeah women ohhhh!
Chances are you want to know some more!
Women 0hhhhh baby!
You may even, even be one.
Women, just take a minute to have some fun,
(whisper)
and remember that your work is never done...
and remember that you gave birth to everyone...

Being a female my self, I dont see a point to Womens day.
Well, that's because you're a Tree Hugging Lesbian! (great name by the by)

What on earth are you guys talking about?!?! I'm gonna just sit around and read books on dudettes like QE1 and Cleo.

and remember that you gave birth to everyone...
Cripes, no wonder I'm so tired!

Also I composed this song about women:

#sings#
Women!!!
Chances are you know one.
Women!!!
You may even beeeeeeeeeee[high] one.
Women, look at all the things that you have done,
then you open your hearts and let in everyone.

(Drum solo followed by key shift)

Women, yeah women ohhhh!
Chances are you want to know some more!
Women 0hhhhh baby!
You may even, even be one.
Women, just take a minute to have some fun,
(whisper)
and remember that your work is never done...
and remember that you gave birth to everyone...


That's pretty fucking awesome that is.

It should be the International Get Back in the Kitchen day.

i noticed as soon as i saw this :P
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/chris2000ta/intl_women.gif

I only realised coz the almighty google informed me so. Didn't really affect my day much tho. I suppose it's nice that they have their own day, apart from the occasional "whoot" from girls when i told them. Do men get their own day?

Do men get their own day?

No. (Unless you are black or asian, then you get a month, but you have to share it with women).

Also I composed this song about women:

#sings#
Women!!!
Chances are you know one.
Women!!!
You may even beeeeeeeeeee[high] one.
Women, look at all the things that you have done,
then you open your hearts and let in everyone.

(Drum solo followed by key shift)

Women, yeah women ohhhh!
Chances are you want to know some more!
Women 0hhhhh baby!
You may even, even be one.
Women, just take a minute to have some fun,
(whisper)
and remember that your work is never done...
and remember that you gave birth to everyone...

Bravo! That made me laugh :).

I actually didn't know it as IWD until I saw this post, soooo....I celebrated "International Women's Day" by shopping :D.

i noticed as soon as i saw this :P
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/chris2000ta/intl_women.gif
Yeah, I was wondering about that...

i noticed as soon as i saw this :P
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/chris2000ta/intl_women.gif

That's how I figured it out too.

Who cares. These 'Days' are getting out of hand. Why isn't there an International Men's Day? (this coming from a woman)

Feminists say that women and men should be equal but I think they're aiming for gender superiority. Equality is Equality.

Who cares. These 'Days' are getting out of hand. Why isn't there an International Men's Day? (this coming from a woman)

Feminists say that women and men should be equal but I think they're aiming for gender superiority. Equality is Equality.


Your missing the point. It's about watching porn. (Just like christmas is about presents, not Jesus).

No. (Unless you are black or asian, then you get a month, but you have to share it with women).
Lot's of places have an International Men's Day celebration on November the 19th, but it hasn't been recognised yet as an official Day. You can get it recognised if you push your government to recognise it, however.

Lot's of places have an International Men's Day celebration on November the 19th, but it hasn't been recognised yet as an official Day. You can get it recognised if you push your government to recognise it, however.

That's stupid. Let's celebrate an entire gender on one day?

Lot's of places have an International Men's Day celebration on November the 19th, but it hasn't been recognised yet as an official Day. You can get it recognised if you push your government to recognise it, however.

Yes, but I can't honestly say that I care that much whether or not I get 'recognized' by a day.

Feminists say that women and men should be equal but I think they're aiming for gender superiority. Equality is Equality.
Why don't you ask some feminists if they are aiming for 'gender superiority'?

Any feminists here?
*raises hand*

That's stupid. Let's celebrate an entire gender on one day?


So you think today is stupid then?

That's stupid. Let's celebrate an entire gender on one day?
Meh, it's all just a load of bull...they have a day for everything it seems...not big on my priority list.

So you think today is stupid then?

Yes, I do.

Yes, but I can't honestly say that I care that much whether or not I get 'recognized' by a day.
Me neither. Mother's Day doesn't do it for me either, even though I'm a mom. Come to think of it, birthdays are pretty blah too. But some people really like all of those things.

i declare 2mrrow google day !!

Me neither. Mother's Day doesn't do it for me either, even though I'm a mom. Come to think of it, birthdays are pretty blah too. But some people really like all of those things.

I discovered this year that birthdays after 21 are not something to look forward to anymore.

I discovered this year that birthdays after 21 are not something to look forward to anymore.

Yes, it's all downhill from there. Tho you can still get hammered.

I discovered this year that birthdays after 21 are not something to look forward to anymore.

21? Oh, mercy!! That's pretty young. Actually, if you're over 50, that's when you don't have anymore birthdays but, I heard that there's still a lot to look forward to.

I just don't see the point in setting a time up for a celebration. If you don't have something to celebrate, then don't, and if you do, do it whenever you feel like it! Same goes with Valentines Day. Bah humbug.

21? Oh, mercy!! That's pretty young. Actually, if you're over 50, that's when you don't have anymore birthdays but, I heard that there's still a lot to look forward to.

Yeah, but there's no more birthdays in my future that mark anything promising. Like when you turn 16, you can drive, when you turn 18, you can buy porn and cigarettes, and when you turn 21, you can buy alcohol. All the birthdays from now on only mark one year closer to death for me. :(

I just don't see the point in setting a time up for a celebration. If you don't have something to celebrate, then don't, and if you do, do it whenever you feel like it! Same goes with Valentines Day. Bah humbug.

Bah humbug, indeed. We think alike.

Yeah, but there's no more birthdays in my future that mark anything promising. Like when you turn 16, you can drive, when you turn 18, you can buy porn and cigarettes, and when you turn 21, you can buy alcohol. All the birthdays from now on only mark one year closer to death for me. :(
when i turned 16 i could buy cigarettes, when i turned 17 i could drive and when i turned 18 i could buy alcohol and porn...great, now i have no good birthdays coming :(

Yeah, but there's no more birthdays in my future that mark anything promising. Like when you turn 16, you can drive, when you turn 18, you can buy porn and cigarettes, and when you turn 21, you can buy alcohol. All the birthdays from now on only mark one year closer to death for me. :(
I am 18 and I can buy alcohol. Lots of it. All kinds of it. :D

I am 18 and I can buy alcohol. Lots of it. All kinds of it. :D

Well, I'm 22 and so can I. But you're still a bastard. :)

Yeah, but there's no more birthdays in my future that mark anything promising. Like when you turn 16, you can drive, when you turn 18, you can buy porn and cigarettes, and when you turn 21, you can buy alcohol. All the birthdays from now on only mark one year closer to death for me. :(


Oh, I see how you're looking at it. I understand where you're coming from now. But, closer to death? I never looked at it that way.

I just don't see the point in setting a time up for a celebration. If you don't have something to celebrate, then don't, and if you do, do it whenever you feel like it! Same goes with Valentines Day. Bah humbug.

To be fair, it's not really a celebration. Most womens' groups use it as a chance to raise awareness about issues such as domestic violence against women.

To be fair, it's not really a celebration. Most womens' groups use it as a chance to raise awareness about issues such as domestic violence against women.
I know. I'm just being a shit because no one bought me a cake. Plus I got DMS...that's during menstrual syndrome. It sucks and no one takes it seriously:(

I know. I'm just being a shit because no one bought me a cake. Plus I got DMS...that's during menstrual syndrome. It sucks and no one takes it seriously:(

Stab them all. Then they'll take it seriously, I promise.

I know. I'm just being a shit because no one bought me a cake.

Cake is evil. You want some good nutritious lemon meringue.

I was aware it was International Women's Day which I believe is important if the fight for women's rights. The day was originally suggested by the Socialist Party of America and was established by the Socialist International in 1911. Here is an article Lenin wrote in Pravda for International Women's Day in 1920:

Capitalism combines formal equality with economic and, consequently, social inequality. This is one of the principal distinguishing features of capitalism, one that is mendaciously screened by the supporters of the bourgeoisie, the liberals, and that is not understood by the petty-bourgeois democrats. Out of this distinguishing feature of capitalism, by the way, the necessity arises, while fighting resolutely for economic equality, openly to recognise capitalist inequality and, under certain conditions, even to include this open recognition of inequality as a basis for the proletarian state organisation (the Soviet Constitution).

But capitalism cannot be consistent even with regard to formal equality (equality before the law, "equality" between the well-fed and the hungry, between the property-owner and the property-less). And one of the most flagrant manifestations of this inconsistency is the inferior position of woman compared with man. Not a single bourgeois state, not even the most progressive, republican democratic state, has brought about complete equality of rights.

But the Soviet Republic of Russia promptly wiped out, without any exception, every trace of inequality in the legal status of women, and secured her complete equality in its laws.

It is said that the level of culture is best characterised by the legal status of woman. There is a grain of profound truth in this saying. From this point of view, only the dictatorship of the proletariat, only the socialist state, could achieve and did achieve a higher level of culture. Therefore, the foundation (and consolidation) of the first Soviet Republic--and alongside and in connection with this, the Communist International-inevitably lends a new, unparalleled, powerful impetus to the working women's movement.

For, when we speak of those who, under capitalism, were directly or indirectly, wholly or partially oppressed, it is precisely the Soviet system, and the Soviet system only, that secures democracy. This is clearly demonstrated by the position of the working class and the poor peasants. It is clearly demonstrated by the position of women.

But the Soviet system represents the final decisive conflict for the abolition of classes, for economic and social equality. For us, democracy, even democracy for those who were oppressed under capitalism, including democracy for the oppressed sex, is inadequate.

The working women's movement has for its objective the fight for the economic and social, and not merely formal, equality of woman. The main task is to draw the women into socially productive labour, extricate them from "domestic slavery", free them of their stultifying and humiliating resignation to the perpetual and exclusive atmosphere of the kitchen and nursery.

It is a long struggle, requiring a radical remaking both of social technique and of customs. But this struggle will end with the complete triumph of communism.

Women's day somehow managed to slip by unnoticed. Odd considering that I did spend some of my hanging out with the "Activist Left" crowd...

Ah well, I celebrate being a woman everyday! :D

How about domestic violence against men? Ever been hit in the head with a flying plate or frying pan? :D