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	ashenmote 2005-03-08 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	Is locked. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ilanalynn 2005-03-08 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	Bah. So it is. bugger. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ashenmote 2005-03-08 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	They are mean. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2005-03-08 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	Men can have a day as long as they call it International Penis Day. Because that would amuse me. (Hee. "Penis". Funny word.) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cathowl 2005-03-08 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	If we have an international penis day, can we change the name of the women's day to "international vagina day"? Though... That's rather unfair to the transsexuals, I think... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bubosquared 2005-03-08 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	"International Genitalia Day"! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gloria_mundi 2005-03-08 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	I'm down with that. I already support International Toilet Day (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mastervex 2005-03-09 07:00 am UTC (link)
	I like that one. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2005-03-08 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	I would like that just because I'm curious about the cutesy Google Logo for that day. (Reply to this)(Parent)

isntitironic
2005-03-08 04:20 pm UTC (link)

Last year people on my university campus were up in arms because we didn't have a women's centre. They were putting up posters and making speeches about it, without any of them actually saying what sort of services a women's centre is supposed to provide... if they had, that would have ruined their point, because our campus has all those things but not localized in one 'women's centre'. I thought the whole thing was absurd, so I started putting up signs demanding to know where the men's centre was.

Sadly, the women's centre people had torn them all down by 24 hours later. There are still a few of the women's centre posters around, but nobody pays any attention to them anymore. The whole thing kinda died a slow, painful death. Maybe I made my point after all.

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	mistressrenet 2005-03-08 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes it's nice to have a central location for that sort of thing. But you should at least make the argument rather than just saying you need one on principle! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kadath 2005-03-08 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Anyone else find it outrageous/absurd to have an International Women's Day and not recognise one for the male gender? When men are denied rights over most of the planet, sure! (Reply to this)

	sarajayechan 2005-03-08 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, why not just split the entire world up according to gender?! D: Seriously, this boys vs girls crap with the rabid sexists and militant feministshas to stop. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rogue 2005-03-08 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, you seem to be under the impression that the majority of feminists recognize logic. It was a nice try, but no. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sarajayechan 2005-03-08 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Crap. Forgot about that pesky little detail. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2005-03-09 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	shit, I'ld love it if the world quit bitching and just let me be a human rather than a 'this or that'. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2005-03-08 09:07 pm UTC (link)

the purpose of Intl women's day is to recognize the notion that women are human beings and deserving of equal human rights, which you know, is a novel notion in most of the world (See Afghanistan, HTH), Men on the other hand well, they don't really need a Intl Men's day, everyday for them is one. Perhaps many of you have been too busy looking at porn rather than noticing that oh, women in the middle east don't have a quarter of the rights that American women do, or that Japanese women still find it very difficult to find a job. But hey, who reads the news these days, right?

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	loony666 2005-03-08 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Mmmm, pr0n. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	julia 2005-03-08 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yes, pr0n... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redwarrior 2005-03-08 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Gimme that sweet, sweet pr0n. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	isntitironic 2005-03-08 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, but countries like that don't actually celebrate international women's day. So once again, the point, please? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lurker32 2005-03-08 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	Mouse, do you read for content, or just skim for the hot-button words? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2005-03-08 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, it's the Intl women's day spambot. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pokecheck 2005-03-09 01:41 am UTC (link)
	You're accusing this comm of not being able to read? twitch spasm giggle giggle reclaim poise snort giggle raucous snorting laughter (Reply to this)(Parent)

ruuger
2005-03-09 12:03 pm UTC (link)

Ummm... I actually agree with the mouse to some degree. The reason we need an International Women's Day is to remind those of us who live in countries that have more or less achieved sexual equality that there are still places where women are concidered less than human. Unfortunately, though, thanks to the media most people seem to understand the day as "Buy women flowers and chocolate and she'll sleep with you" day.

/wank

And now I'll just go back to writing my Man-Hating Feminist thesis on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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	loony666 2005-03-09 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	I might've said something like that if I wasn't too busy laughing at the mouse's righteous indignation and looking at porn. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	redwarrior 2005-03-08 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, we'll have an International Mens' Day...as soon as you "I'm-so-straight" asshats really learn to, erm, love thy neighbor, if you know what I'm saying. ~~Int'l Men's Day= Gay Orgy OMG!!1!~~ (Reply to this)

	dawnswalker 2005-03-08 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Fuck all this genderist shit. Where's International Hermaphrodite's Day?! (Reply to this)

	lindentree 2005-03-09 02:00 am UTC (link)
	I wish that had been posted to the feminist community. Sigh! To think of all the spooge... Or, more correctly, female ejaculate! Meanwhile, I'd like to know why there isn't an International Chocolate Day. I love chocolate. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	pokecheck 2005-03-09 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Personally, International Flavored Cruton Day would make me very happy. Mmmm. Ranch crutons. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lindentree 2005-03-09 03:25 am UTC (link)
	I'm looking forward to worldwide celebration of International Shiny, Reflective Paper Day. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loony666 2005-03-09 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Oh, hell yes. I am SO in. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	adora_spintriae 2005-03-09 09:06 am UTC (link)
	I've got a better one for you. We need to be ashamed that we need this day, or something. Whether I agree with it or not, it's wanktastic. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	loony666 2005-03-09 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno. It doesn't seem all that wanktastic. It's just her opinion. And so far the comments seem to be either agreement or polite disagreement. (Reply to this)(Parent)