BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 10:34 AM

For anyone in Liverpool tomorrow, there's an IWD rally and march (in that order). Assemble at St George's Plateau, opposite Lime Street Station 12 noon for 12-30.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 08:01 AM

Back in the early 70's I used to be called girl by my boss in my first job but I was the 'baby' so just accepted it. Later in life I started to hate it and hated 'woman' even more. Depends on how it's said and who says it. Now I am called mate or guy, that is the price of equality.....I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 12:25 AM

for the last few years I've been invited to an IWD function run by a local council.

One year our speakers were 2 working women.

The older one was the first female in a News Room & spoke about her struggles to be accepted as a reporter in a man's world.

The younger woman's babysitting had fallen thru (tradesman husband was called out to an urgent job) so she spoke with baby on one hip & 5 year-old in school uniform clinging to her other leg! A perfect example of female multi-skilling.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 09:32 PM

Dorothy, we had a discussion about that, somewhere, about how those in the UK use "girl" without any negative connotations. I have finally gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me, but I know what you mean. It used to really get my ire up when someone called me that!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Dorothy Parshall
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 12:46 PM

Well, as we who live here know, the very strong French-Canadian women have to be very strong to deal with the .... men. I guess I could have stipulated "in Quebec". Not surprising that the feds recognized Jeanne Mance sooner than the provincials.

I am appalled by the attitudes here. I wish I still had the button I wore in Ontario - "DON"T CALL ME GIRL". And they don't even realize they are doing it. Worse yet, I have almost stopped noticing.

This does not mean they do not respect "girls" - in some ways. Of course, I really did not notice 30-40 years ago. I have become more sensitive to it because I came back from elsewhere?

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 03:07 AM

Jeanne Mance was also honoured in 2003 by the Federal government, fyi.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 11:12 PM

Thanks, Bruce. Dorothy, that is neat to know about her.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: GUEST,mauvepink
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 04:13 PM

I thought people already knew as it was mentioned on a thread a while back about V-Day and the Vagina Monologues.

I have not posted as I have been attending events and stuff to do with it, along with work, since Saturday.

There have been some great events around for women to attend with quite a bit of support from men as well so that heralds good.

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Dorothy Parshall
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 03:08 PM

In Montreal, Someone got the incredible idea to honour a woman who was a co-founder of the city ---in the late 1600's!!! Better late than never. She founded a hospital and gave the poor guys a bunch of money to stave off financial problems but it has taken a hundred years of International Women's Day's to get men to the point of recognizing that women were a part of it all - maybe even an important part.

Celebrate Jeanne Mance, who spent three month traveling across the ocean to new France to start a hospital give support the neophyte colony. She died in 1673. Yesterday she was honoured.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 12:20 PM

Well stated, Kat, and many thanks for the '(Yes, I know not all women are that way, but then not all men are war mongers, either, so "let's get it together," eh?:-)' remark.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 06:21 PM

Thank you, saulgoldie. I saw the google thing first thing this morning. It seems it should be a lot longer than one hundred years, but the patriarchal Picean Age didn't go out until the 1960s when the Aquarian Age started, so I guess that's about right. I just wish the Picean Age would finally give up the ghost and let us get on with more equitable lives with balance and cooperation and nurturing.

(Yes, I know not all women are that way, but then not all men are war mongers, either, so "let's get it together," eh?:-)

katwhoburnedherbra!

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 04:51 PM

Centennial???

Ain't that like a 100 years???

We gonna give womenz a hundred years to gloat, nag, sit around watchin' "Lucy" reruns and eating bon-bons then count me out...

That's too long... Hey, about half a day??? I mean, we men could handle half a day...

Right, guys???

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 04:45 PM

Google has a nice page of info and links linked to their special logo today.

Thanks for the post, saulgoldie.

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 04:19 PM

I don't see that.

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: saulgoldie
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 03:58 PM

I believe...and this is a belief, not a fact...that women are less inclined to war, in general. But that is just my belief, let me be clear.

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: gnu
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 03:35 PM

Mudcat doesn't post. You do and I'm glad you did. By the way, as for women leaders not engaging in wars... ??? Are you sure about that?

Subject: BS: Int'l Women's Day Centennial.
From: saulgoldie
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 03:10 PM

How did Mudcat not post about this? Too many other "interestinger" threads? This is VERY BIG!

How many movements (beyond the ones that pushed you into this world) had women as critical movers and shakers? Abolition; civil rights; women's rights (of course); prohibition (Oops!); the labor movement; democracy in the Middle East.

I have been saying for years that when women around the world have an equitable lot in life, wars will end and our lives will be unrecognizably different, in a GOOD way.

Saul