“Woman, your day is March 8th.” Why some girls do not like this holiday?

International Women’s Day is a direct association in social networks with tulips, mimosas and lush bouquets. For some it’s a spring break, for others it’s another reason to watch out for mothers and grandmothers, but there are those who don’t like this date.

A girl cannot be appreciated, respected and pampered with attention just one day a year. It is wrong to consider the March 8 congratulations as a “color test” for the whole next year. Warm words that were not said to him in ordinary life are perceived strangely to this day.

Some men don’t even bother and send a pile of postcards (animated musical, regards) and weird poems about spring and beautiful women. Moreover, for many girls these incredible congratulations come from the most unexpected directions – from relatives to neighbors.

Some get not what they want, some get what is clearly unwanted, and girls do not get any pleasure from this attention. There are also congratulations on the job: for example, at work, where colleagues with a healthy desire to save money pay with ridiculous and tired tulips. And now, the girl who has gathered at least five and a half of the flowers presented in a bunch, throwing a certificate she will never use in her bag, comes home for some reason without feeling enthusiastic.

On the eve of the holiday, we asked the girls to tell what did not please them.

I don’t like march 8

Ksusha M.

I was born on March 11th. My birthday usually falls on a holiday weekend, which doesn’t make me feel special. This is the first.

The second are echoes of the Soviet past, which our grandmothers and even our mothers could not put down. I mean: I grew up in an environment where a woman didn’t take a vacation today. yourself, but he believed he had to set the table for the family. Accordingly, since I was a child, it was my mother’s and grandmother’s holiday for me, both of them first cleaned for half a day, then cooked, then got beautiful and dressed, but the tortured sat at the table with expectation. mountain of dirty dishes. Now of course a lot has changed and my family and I do not celebrate the holiday at home, but I still cannot fall in love with International Women’s Day.

Sasha M. (Tashkent)

I don’t celebrate March 8 for several reasons.

First of all, my every day is a holiday and does not require a reason. I also don’t support date-based sales increases. I like to shop and give gifts whenever I feel like it. In general, this day has historically been against discrimination against women, after all these years they continue to close their eyes and celebrate as if it were reciprocating.

In 1910, the International Women’s Conference took place. German revolutionary Clara Zetkin suggested that one day of the year be chosen to remind women of the need to seek and defend their social rights.

There is a feeling that women are given the opportunity to feel important and desired only once a year. And in some cases, that’s exactly what happens. I remember at school my mother was offered to rest for a day and relieve her of the chores. I was very angry – just one day? Really? The only day when dad will “legally” do the dishes or carry heavy bags of food for the whole family, and mom will have the opportunity to sleep longer than usual?

I think it’s time for people to review this hypocrisy and appreciate each other every day, not just a few times a year. We need to get rid of masks and artificial pleasures. People celebrate things that don’t exist, and it’s weird. This is especially dire in a country where for centuries a woman has been a shadow of a man and his word has not come close to that of a man. Here the woman is not perceived as a wonderful creation. A woman owes everything.

Masha T.

I am not satisfied with this holiday. I can’t say I object, but I can’t like it either. It’s all about high expectations that never come true. I love giving gifts, making surprises, and it makes me happy to see the feelings of people who are dear to me. But when they ask me the question: “What can I give you?” – When I realize that it was not a wonderful surprise for me, I immediately get upset. There were times when they gave me nothing but tulips. By the way, I don’t like red tulips and, ironically, these are the ones I buy most often.

Lena T.

I do not like that March 8 is not a holiday of desires and inspirations, but of male duty. I believe that men should give flowers and various talismans when they have sincere desires, and not in honor of some generally accepted holiday. And the more initiative a man takes for no reason, the happier his woman will be.