I see. The point is that the "celebration", the respect, the acknowledgement etc. should be an "every day" feature of our lives. It should be so natural and second-nature to us that we do not need special days to remind us. We should value women and treat them with equality and respect as a rule. The problem is that we treat people differently because of features that are beyond their control. Why celebrate being American? No American decided to be born in America. We might as well celebrate having feet or fingers. Hey, APL, Happy Fingers Day! It's no achievement to be a man or a woman or white or black. The problems come from the inequality and a celebration such as woman's day misses the point of inequality by hiding it under flowers and good feelings. Mother's Day, Veteran's day? Armistice Day? These celebrate achievements or special events and are in NO WAY comparable to a celebration of feature 100% outside human control.

Ah, so it's exactly the point I thought it was and exactly as wrong as I thought it was. "Veterans get Amlrmistice Day so the other 364 they can f**k off". And if you think being a mother is 100% under human control then you must have been living under a moon rock during the recent Roe vs Wade debate. Look, the reason we have Mothering Sunday is EXACTLY the same reason we have International Women's Day: to recognise a group of people whose contributions are generally underappreciated. And, like Armistice Day, it's also a day that raises awareness of a minority group and the problems it faces - in the case of many veterans, untreated mental illness and homelessness. Criticising the celebration of the day is completely wrong-headed and merely encourages people to ignore the problems these ceremonies attempt to bring notice to.