Let us look at the US Presidential election. Despite numerous allegations of sexual harassment and assault, Donald Trump was elected as the President and this, once again showed what men could get away with in 21st century America. TIME magazine states that of the 60% of voters who had an unfavorable opinion of Trump, 15% still voted for him and of the half who claimed to have been bothered by his treatment of women, 11% voted for him anyway. Yes, they might have been swayed by other promises Trump made but the above facts did not go down well with me.
If we are asking everyone to treat men and women alike, then there should not be a need to celebrate Women's Day and make them feel different because they are not different. Celebrating Women's Day is nothing but a contradiction to its own cause. Some have indeed come to realize it and are breaking stereotypes by taking the wives' surnames, for instance. Some families do exist today with stay-at-home dads where the woman is the breadwinner and is simply doing so without facing any flak in a 21st century household.
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