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It can also be argued
that for some, March 8 might signify a holiday with the potential to
increase consumption. I think that there should not necessarily be a
Women’s Day, but rather that resistance to hierarchical power relations
must be made primarily in our language. It is language which shapes and
reshapes the meanings of man, woman and human, and which creates
hierarchies. It is language which equates long hair to a small mind,
women to flowers...
Pelin Ayan (POLS Ph.D.
Student)
The celebration of
International Women’s Day makes me wonder whether there is really a need
for the existence of such a day worldwide. It reminds me of the
discourse on gender inequality at all levels. The way it is celebrated
in the streets seems to be further fueling the problems rather than
simply raising awareness.
(Esra Uslu (POLS Ph.D.
Student)
I was an M.A. student in
Canada last year, and on March 8, I watched the news on Canadian TV and
saw women being beaten in Turkey. I was very ashamed of being from a
country where women were treated like that.
Senem Yýldýrým (POLS Ph.D.
Student)
This has become the day
when your gender, social status and the space that you occupy in the
social realm are arrogantly put before you. It seems nothing more than
an arbitrary affirmative action that reproduces the hierarchy in society
(as the remaining days are left for men to celebrate).
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