The woman today

The woman today

Nildo Viana *

Today is the day the woman. People generally do not ask for what reason there are certain holidays. For what reason there is a women's day? And the same question should be asked about other dates, both festive as the others. The day of the woman, according to some, is a tribute to the workers who died charred weavers in New York in 1857 as a result of the repression of its manifestation. However, this historical event anymore, for many, a symbolic date of women's struggles and becomes just another formal day of celebration, as the day of the tree and the day of the Indian. The destruction of indigenous societies and deforestation, however, continue, and the oppression of children and women continues, although there "one day" in honor of these social segments. However, the day the woman is losing more and more its original meaning and now is being commoditized, as the day of the child, christmas, among other examples. The custom of giving flowers begins to spread, and have created "baskets for Woman's Day".

The Women's Day is a day when you do talk about women, feminists and politicians refer to their fight and importance, the media do stories and pass messages, business commerce to sell products for this date. But no substantial changes in the feminine condition. There is Woman's Day for the reason that there is a problem of women, the women's issue, even if it is concealed. It is the oppression of women - and their fight against it, as in the case of American weavers - which does exist the day the woman. The oppression of women is manifested in daily life, at work, in the domestic sphere, in acts of violence, living conditions, culture, market. But women should not have just one day, but every day, as well as children, indigenous people and all the exploited and oppressed. While there is oppression of women, there will Woman's Day. And so this day should be a day of struggle against this oppression and all other forms of exploitation and oppression. This fight and winning would mean the end of oppression and therefore the end of the Women's Day and so every day would be women - and men - and not just one day.