Yesterday, March 8th, was the International Women’s Day. The day is a celebration for important achievements of women all over the world. I think it’s good that they’re achieving gender equality and such, but the fact that they need a day to celebrate it means it’s not something that came easily. This makes me sigh at humans. In my opinion, it would be better if there were no IWD, actually. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not trying to make people stop celebrating it. Let me explain:

It would be much better if the equality were treated as it should be – as given. Of course everyone is equal! How did anyone get another idea? If that had just been practiced from the start, we wouldn’t need any IWD!

One thing I’m sceptical towards is that the IWD could actually promote differences while trying to erase them. Because the day celebrates women, I understand it as an “us VS them” celebration. Creating equality is impossible if you’re promoting differences at the same time, no matter if it’s unconsciously. It should be “we celebrate our achievements” not “they celebrate their achievements”.