Sunday, March 8, 2020
Today is International Women's Day, first proposed at the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference by German delegates Clara Zetkin and Kate Duncker. The February 1917, Russian Revolution began on February 23 on the Gregorian Calendar, the equivalent of March 8 on the Julian Calendar Russia soon adopted. Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky said that women's day was a fitting day to start a revolution.
The sexism that soaks society implies that men get the rest of the year's days, but there has been an International Men's Day, on November 19, for a few decades. The United Nations recognizes women's day but not men's day. Men's day promotes good role models and the prevention of family violence, among other things. Is Leon Trotsky a good role model?
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