Should a "Girls' Day" be set up instead of Women's Day?

Why do women embarrass women? This kind of ridicule is vividly manifested in the confrontation between "Women's Day" and "Girls' Day" every March. This year, this kind of conflict seems to be more intense. From the hot topics and discussions in Weibo, such as "Girls' Day replaces Women's Day" and "Women's Day rolls out of the festival circle", we can see the smell of gunpowder in the confrontation. Internet companies are eyeing Girls' Day, and the theme activity of Sanqi Girls' Day launched by Baidu glutinous rice has been warmed up as early as one week before the festival.

Women's Day was originally meant to protect women's rights and interests, but why don't girls buy it? There are many intriguing social problems behind it. Although in the official dictionary, women generally refer to adult women, there is no meaning of praise or blame. However, in the process of discourse communication, this word is obviously stigmatized and given a lot of derogatory colors. It is not only understood as "a woman who marries a woman", but also implies the value sequence of "women first, then women", and women's status as a vassal of marriage is also dwarfed.

Moreover, the stereotype of women has a strong visual impact on girls' character of "pursuing exquisite life, attaching importance to romantic sentiment and enjoying their own space". Out of self-pity complex, girls don't want to enjoy an image label full of negative comments early because of celebrating a festival, and they can't let go of the worry that it will become like this sooner or later.

What's more, there are extremely mean derogatory remarks, which firmly link the date of Women's Day with an image of "unreasonable, lying and meddling". Girls' boycott of Women's Day is not only a boycott of the passing of youth, but also a boycott of exaggerated group photos. Girls' Day is such a pain point hidden in my heart.

Therefore, based on the common logic of "who celebrates what festival", "3.7 Girls' Day" can not only meet the needs of young women who admire youth and miss the years, but also avoid the pain of self-dwarfing, so it is reasonable for people to flock.

Even if it is only one day earlier than Women's Day, it is enough to draw a clear line with the women's group. Moreover, in the company's activities to create a festive atmosphere, such as "3.7 yuan watching movies, 3.7 yuan singing karaoke", substantial discounts can really strengthen a sense of superiority and satisfaction in girls' hearts due to their exclusive identity. The popularity of Girls' Day not only resolved an identity embarrassment, but also deepened self-identity.

In actual social consumption, whether it is the real economy or Internet e-commerce, there is no doubt about women's spending power. According to statistics, American women spend more than $7 trillion a year, accounting for 50% of American GDP. In today's O2O era, women undoubtedly occupy a larger share in the consumption of life services in the fields of food, clothing, housing, eating, drinking and having fun. Behind this kind of consumption, whether from perceptual cognition or objective figures, the promotion and contribution of "girls" to consumption are far higher than that of "women"

Women's Day is a festival with strong commemorative significance, bearing heavy historical significance, and really should not disappear with time; The opinions such as "Girls' Day replaces Women's Day", which are now hotly debated by netizens, also represent the thoughts and demands of modern young women, especially those who are deeply integrated with the Internet.

The other end of "talking about color change" is the fall of women's right to speak. Even in the new media era, women still don't have enough online discourse power to defend their image. Women themselves are innocent: the current social division of labor not only retains the traditional responsibility of caring for each other and educating their children, but also gives them the professional requirements of self-reliance and self-improvement, which are no less than men. In the Lord, it is inevitable that life will be trivial and mediocre, and the work of dual identity will inevitably make it old and haggard. Under the aesthetic system of seeking novelty and beauty, praise and hospitality always belong to young girls, while prejudice and dissatisfaction belong to women around the stove. The imbalance of discourse power makes people only see the vitality beauty revealed by young girls, but they can't see the maternal beauty of women working hard for their families and forbearing.

Therefore, behind the apparent image conflict between "girl" and "woman" is not the contradiction of age, but the prejudice smeared by male-dominated aesthetic culture. In the face of this prejudice, women are in a weak position after all. Which girl can escape the carving of the years and always deceive herself as a girl? Which woman has never had the warmth of a romantic girl? Festivals can be separated and recognized in their respective celebrations. But there is no need to divide the discourse space of * * * into two opposing camps with festivals as barriers.