International Women’s Day

Today is the International Women’s Day. Started out as a political celebration, the Soviet Union countries and former east bloc countries celebrate it as a kind of mix between Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, which kind of goes against the idea of why the day was concieved. Too often it is celebrated here to reinforce the traditional role of a woman as “the weaker sex” and not in support of the struggles that women in many developing countries have to go through daily.

This day has lost its relevance for me personally ages ago, as I like to celebrate people on all days and for other reasons than there is a special day when you have to do it. If you have to do it and everyone does it at the same day, then is it real, from-the-heart emotion? I guess not.