So, International Women's Day (IWD) was on March 8th & a lot of rallies were taken out & lots of beautiful speeches were given around the world. If you didn't know already, IWD has been celebrated for over a century now:
1. Thanks to fashion show runways (e.g. Victoria's Secret), objectification of women's bodies is now perfectly fine in our “modern” society:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2891936/Oh-degrading-year-women-writes-SARAH-VINE.html
2. Thanks to silence of the media, sexual assaults & murders of almost 1,200 indigenous Natives women, in the past 30 years, in Canada, don’t even register on the government’s radar to do something about it (it is still just “talk” & more “discussion”):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/international-women-s-day-indigenous-women-still-not-equal-in-canada-1.2985100
3. Thanks to silence of the UN on the rape & human trafficking of women, even by its own peacekeepers (soldiers hailed from developed countries; US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands etc), has not only silently condoned the abhorrent practice but has helped flourish it in almost 11 countries around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistleblower
Is this what IWD has been celebrating for the past century? Is this what IWD has been working towards for the past century? Are these some of the many “accomplishments” to be proud of?
1. Thanks to fashion show runways (e.g. Victoria's Secret), objectification of women's bodies is now perfectly fine in our “modern” society:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2891936/Oh-degrading-year-women-writes-SARAH-VINE.html
2. Thanks to silence of the media, sexual assaults & murders of almost 1,200 indigenous Natives women, in the past 30 years, in Canada, don’t even register on the government’s radar to do something about it (it is still just “talk” & more “discussion”):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/international-women-s-day-indigenous-women-still-not-equal-in-canada-1.2985100
3. Thanks to silence of the UN on the rape & human trafficking of women, even by its own peacekeepers (soldiers hailed from developed countries; US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands etc), has not only silently condoned the abhorrent practice but has helped flourish it in almost 11 countries around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistleblower
Is this what IWD has been celebrating for the past century? Is this what IWD has been working towards for the past century? Are these some of the many “accomplishments” to be proud of?
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