Some people...

Anyway, women we've come so far and still have so much farther to go. I hope that one day there will be a day and time that women everywhere are treated and respected as human beings with full rights to their own lives -- their education, healthcare, their livelihood and even things as basic and simple as who they want to love, marry and spend their lives with (if anyone at all).

My mother is a huge inspiration to me. I was conceived during her second year of college and my father bailed on her while she was pregnant. She didn't allow this to stop her from getting her degree and later going on to complete post-graduate studies and having a successful career. I can't imagine how tough it must have been for her trying to do all of these things with a baby/small child. She handled it all so, so gracefully and bravely. Amazing woman!

Thank you to my mommy for working her ass off at her career, as a mother, and a companion to my father for the past 40 years and being a shining example of a strong hard-working black woman and raising me to be the same. She doesn't allow me to be weak and lazy because as she says "there's no time for it" and she would never let me use being a woman or a black woman as an excuse to not live my dreams.

Thank you to all the black women who've paved the way and sacrificed and worked to make a difference to ensure that black girls like me had a fair shot. Thank you to all the black female activists, doctors, CEOs, construction workers, police officers, soldiers, athletes, artists, etc who showed me from a young age that not only can girls do it but black girls can too.

nn exactly what I was gonna say. A thread/day for showing appreciation towards women should only be positive, yet there are still people that are actively against it. There's nothing wrong with lifting up an oppressed group and giving them the respect they did not receive in the past. Anybody claiming women are treated equally have clearly not gone through their lives as women because I'll tell you right now we're still constantly getting overlooked and unacknowledged in many areas.

Anyways a woman I am inspired by is myself. I struggle with mental health issues and have felt let down and unsupported by people in my life I cared about, but I still try to find strength within myself to move forward and be the woman I know I can be. I try not to let negative situations get me down permanently, and I have faith that I can achieve my own version of happiness. Self love is so important, especially when you're part of a group that society actively tries to put down and shut out.

my sisters and my mom are my inspiration

Happy Women's Day, girls!

Women deserve acknowledgement for their achievements, but they are much less likely to get them, which is the point of this day. And women on average are much less likely to have a great life.

Your reaction is just like when people try to undermine Pride Month and Black History Month. These things don't belittle the cause. They help it by making people actually see it. Clearly you don't when you're pretending the average women is not valued a lot less than the average man.

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Kii, what do we have here? Liberal shaming of other opinions? Did I literally suggest in any of my post that I disrespect someone's opinion? No. Did I suggest that the opposing opinion is invalid? No, I claimed that I personally don't feel the need to celebrate it but didn't say that it should be forbidden or whatever.

Kii, I didn't even express my point because I got the idea that most people in this thread would lack mental capacity to comprehend and answer without using labels and shouting nonsense. Which is why I left this thread but if you want me to complete what I'm saying then here you go.

Women's Day, Ethnic Minority Day, Sexual Minority Day, all of them are supposed to "strengthen" and "appreciate" some "weaker" social group.

But what if someone a) doesn't believe they're a weaker group, b) doesn't see a big deal about congratulating someone for what they were born (literally how I see this ) c) the way this date is supposed to fight discrimination. And by "weaker" I meant one of the arguments I received - that women are the weaker sex in general. Physically they generally are but overall, there are other things in which women are better than men.

Women, are of course still discriminated, for instance by earning less than men. However, discrimination in the vast majority of things has ended and in my opinion, there is no point for a Women's Day.

Besides, in my country it's all about flowers, dinners and treating females in special ways - usually the second half in a relationship. If women are so emancipated then why do they love this? I'm sure that 99% of hetero women would be extremely sad if their spouse ignored Women's Day but yet they don't use "International Men's Day" to thank their husband usually for the hard work and earning most of the money for the family (as women often don't work while raising children or simply don't have to).

Then what are you doing in this thread?

Jesus Christ, dude. Even I'm not this pompous.

There's no such thing as Ethnic Minority Day. What are you even talking about?

If that's how you see it, then you haven't been paying attention, because everyone in this thread is giving specific women props for what they've accomplished. That's why you only see mentions of women who have left a positive impact on the world, and not, say, Casey Anthony or Kim Davis.

Well, except that, as we've told you multiple times, there's also an International Men's Day. By that logic, are men seen as weaker than women? No, because that doesn't make any goddamn sense.

I think this is less about institutional discrimination and more about cultural discrimination. There are a lot of women who have accomplished great things who are unjustly ignored by history because of sexism, so I think it's fair that they have a day when they can receive the recognition they deserve.

First of all, The Red Pill called and they want their rhetoric back.

Second of all, since when? It's a minor holiday at best. Forgetting Mother's Day is one thing, but who actually cares that much about International Women's Day, at least to the point where they'd be angry at their spouse for forgetting it?

All women inspire me - especially those that work in male dominated environments. You couldn't even imagine their worldviews and perspectives, and the bravery it must take to speak out every day - knowing damn well you're vulnerable physically.

There are countries where a woman can't go anywhere, unless she is accompanied by a man. Or can't drive a car because she is a woman or is not allowed to get a higher education. People have to still fight for equality so there is a point for a Women's Day. I seriously don't get why this bothers you so much.

I am so very thankful for all the amazing ladies who helped us women get where we are today. I know that there is still a long way to go, but we wouldn't get where we are today if it wasn't for them.

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