In my local Umbrian village this morning I must have seen half a dozen women within 10 minutes who were carrying a sprig of mimosa to commemorate International Women's Day. There will be dinners, there will be speeches, there will be eager politicians on the bandwagon.
For the remaining 364 days a year these women will be sidelined, paid less, expected to keep their place, prevented from entering the top tier of business. Scantily clad females will support even the most banal TV programmes and newspapers will discuss the youthfulness of their bottoms as if it were the only thing God put them on this earth for.
This is why I am against UN or other days of support: people feel they only need think about it for 1 day a year.
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