Presidential Proclamation -- Women's History Month, 2014

ugly_duck · 2014-03-03T03:59:58+00:00

This happens every year. It is also Red Cross Month and Irish-American Heritage Month.

zdunn · 2014-03-03T00:35:54+00:00

It's not sexist because every other month is Men's History Month!

2014-03-03T01:23:49+00:00

Misogyny exists, but this is not the way to get rid of it.

dolandoes · 2014-03-03T10:20:19+00:00

Eh, this doesn't really bother me.

I'm fine with having a Women's History Month.

Tbh, I don't find that sexist, just like I don't consider black history month to be "racist"; I am actually perfectly fine with having a month where people talk more about women's history (as long as it's not all just feminism, feminism, feminism; I'd want to hear more about things that are actually interesting, like female inventors and scientists and shit like that, historical figures who did things other than activism feminist-esque or feminism-related--that's what people who pay for "women's/gender studies" classes are paying for them for--to hear/learn about that shit, specifically).

Most of my history classes in HS and in University were/have been pretty exclusively about the exploits, inventions and conquests of men; so, this doesn't bother me. I also fail to see (and, I know that people hate when someone says this, but I'm going to say it anyway) this as a "men's issue," as it really takes nothing away from men, nor does it really negatively affect men.

It's not as though the entire month will be nothing but, "PATRIARCHY AND MALE VIOLENCE"; we get enough of that every day as it is, so why dedicate an entire month to those things? I'm sure (hoping) that it'll actually be a little more useful and substantial than that.

I'm twist-free on this one; let 'em have the month.

Might actually learn some interesting facts about history, who knows; may even be some cool shows on television or something during that month. Does the history channel still do shows on history? Lol.

Edit: Also wanted to add that we should be careful about opposing things by subtly conflating "feminists" and "women"; not that anyone on this thread did that directly--but given the reactions of some in the comments here--you'd think that this was already called "Feminist History Month." Are we against feminism or women in general? I know the two cross paths sometimes (or even frequently in some ways), but still.

Just something to think about.

MattClark0994 · 2014-03-03T14:48:28+00:00

Obama is going to milk the "kiss womens asses as much as possible" game until he leaves office. It's what he knows best and its pretty much the only thing he can do at this point to mend his bush level approval ratings.

It's not going to work of course, he has repeatedly lied his ass off, broken nearly every one of his major campaign promises (transparency, cut debt in half, end lobbying, etc) and most Americans have already woken up to his BS. My guess is that he is going to end up a lame duck president when Republicans retake the Senate in 14.

edtastic · 2014-03-03T04:01:33+00:00

The sad thing is I never learned anything special about women's history during women's history month. The firsts aren't all that exciting. I wish they'd focus on women driven movements throughout history rather than acting like women pushing social change was only feminism.

Two hundred and twenty-four years ago today, an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women – armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets – marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. To the beat of a drum, the women chanted “Bread! Bread!” – for, despite the fertile French soil, the populace of Paris was starving while the remote Louis XVI and the much-hated Marie Antoinette continued to feast like proverbial kings and queens at their salubrious country gaffe. The Revolution had begun two months earlier, but neither the Storming of the Bastille, the “Great Fear”, the August Decrees or the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen” had thus far managed to topple France’s seemingly intrinsic Ancien Régime. But the women who set out to Versailles to demand bread were about to change all that, and the very course of modern history.

TheOtherBono · 2014-03-03T03:15:59+00:00

So April can be Trans history month, May can be otherkin history month, June can be "Curvy-Awareness" (fat history) month, July can be mental disorder month, August can be left*-wing-self-congratulatory-pat-yourself-on-the-back month

They're all the same anyway. Feel guilty if you're white/male month

Guess the achievements of blacks or women are so insignificant you can fit them into just one month? How about no one gets a silly awareness month and it just gets taught alongside general history when it comes up naturally as the course of events unfold- oh wait, that would be misogyny or something

Edit/Addendum: *Not pinning it all on the 'left' but considering it was a left wing president who decreed this...

Title	Presidential Proclamation -- Women's History Month, 2014
Author	redpillschool
Upvotes	15
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Date	March 3, 2014 12:32 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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