# Should March 8 be A Day Without Men Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315 "2017-02-20T13:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/61 "2017-02-20T16:42:15Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > Interesting. wolfpup accuses you of hating women and defending rapists, and your response isn’t “I don’t hate women or defend rape!” It’s “yeah well I get a lot of views”. Are you admitting to being a troll or admitting to being a rape apologist who hates women? He’s thinking. It’s a difficult choice you’ve given him. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/62 "2017-02-20T16:44:56Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > As evidence: This thread hasn’t been locked. Well, this thread isn’t interesting. Vaguely amusing, yes. OTOH, you have to work pretty hard to get a thread locked in the Pit. **LK** used to at least _try_ with his screeds. These last 3 were pathetic: No men = no tech support? Weak. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/63 "2017-02-20T16:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Gyrate] Except, of course, that women/minorities/whatever do stuff that will not get done if, en masse, they all take the day off. That’s the point - that they’re getting taken for granted and they want to emphasize the impact of their work on society. Personally I’m not convinced this is a useful tactic - while the impact falls largely on employers and customers depending on the business involved, it’s not clear who the protest is supposed to impact nor the practical effect it is supposed to achieve [/QUOTE] Agreed. Its trying and failing to make a statement, a statement which needs to be made. > [@](#): > > Whine about how liberals, minorities, women, Muslims and tall people are all discriminating against you. That always works. Well I _am_ in the planet’s most discriminated group. Left Hander.😛 > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > If it helps, I’ve always found you to be a tiresome one-note asshole, but my disdain never exceeded the boredom threshold required to pit you. > > Actually, that’s not fair. You have two notes: anti-feminism and anti-Americanism. One for each jerky knee. No, does not help since for the life of me I cannot really who exactly are you again? Competely unmemorable poster pits me, meh, I want someone i_ntersting_. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/64 "2017-02-20T16:46:03Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > Personally I think it would be awesome. > > I just hope I don’t need tech support that day. Unfortunately JC didn’t notice the other two threads of yours that got locked before he moved this. As a result I will take the rare step of giving you a warning for starting basically the same thread and a combination of trolling, spam, and failure to follow instructions after its already been moved. Now that this is in the Pit I’ll let Miller decide on any other potential action. [/ moderating] ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/65 "2017-02-20T16:46:07Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The seed for this idea, if you will, was originally a day without Men Without Hats. It was quickly realized that most days were like that already. Everybody, look at your hands. That’s another thing: why can’t I wear a hat indoors? I like hats. But if you have to take them off when you go inside, what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/66 "2017-02-20T16:46:49Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > One of my feminism threads got 1,284 replies and 72,891 views before it was locked. I don’t know what 72k views translates into revenue for Straight Dope, but I suppose it’s at least a little bit of money. > > Looking at your handful of threads, you don’t seem to get many replies. How does it feel to be boring? > > I could add up all the views that all of my threads have got, but it’s too boring. > > Straight dope is slowly dying. Probably because it’s become an echo chamber, where dissenting views are drowned out by insults, and interesting threads are locked by moderators. LMFAO Have fun sitting with your little persecuted half-chub, praying for a mod to spank your lily white ass so you can FINALLY get off. This place peaked five years before you even joined, don’t even act like your presence brought anything of substance. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/67 "2017-02-20T16:48:58Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > A world without men day is something that women everywhere would probably celebrate well into next day, or next week, or even next century. You should be careful about attempting to speak for women everywhere. It’s rude and disrespectful to impute your bigotry onto others. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/68 "2017-02-20T16:51:26Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > Interesting. wolfpup accuses you of hating women and defending rapists, and your response isn’t “I don’t hate women or defend rape!” It’s “yeah well I get a lot of views”. Are you admitting to being a troll or admitting to being a rape apologist who hates women? I accuse you of being a pig. Defend yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/69 "2017-02-20T16:52:10Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > is participation only open to cucks and betas? **The use of these words is a 100% accurate marker for an Alt-Right asshole.** Please note this person accordingly. I’ll be putting him on ignore. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/70 "2017-02-20T16:55:03Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I like men. No need for a day without them. Excellent! You can take Linus! I’m sure you’ll be very happy together! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/71 "2017-02-20T16:57:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Make it a week. I’d rather be sailing. 🙂 Watch out for all the tiny bicycles. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/72 "2017-02-20T16:58:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > **The use of these words is a 100% accurate marker for an Alt-Right asshole.** > > Please note this person accordingly. I’ll be putting him on ignore. I thought those were the Buzz Words from Reddit’s The Red Pill?😕 A place incidentally, so unapologetically misogynistic; its actually fun reading since there is no fucking way 90% of what is written there is not satire. Then again I thought Milo Yiannopoulos was satire; until I realised no, he is just a regular asshole. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/73 "2017-02-20T16:58:33Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Competely unmemorable poster pits me, meh, I want someone i_ntersting_. So do we. But we’re stuck with you and LinusK. I guess we’re all going to have to learn to deal with the disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/74 "2017-02-20T16:59:01Z")
> [@yezlles](#): > > My! Looks like someone has taken the red pill. No answer so I googled: one is a reference to the movie “The Matrix” (which is a pretty good movie - the first one I mean). The other is to [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/). On Reddit, no less. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/75 "2017-02-20T17:00:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > **The use of these words is a 100% accurate marker for an Alt-Right asshole.** > > Please note this person accordingly. I’ll be putting him on ignore. I’ve always thought putting people on “ignore” was childish. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/76 "2017-02-20T17:00:59Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > I accuse you of being a pig. Defend yourself! You first. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/77 "2017-02-20T17:02:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You first. No thanks. Edit: Also, you’re a pedophile. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/78 "2017-02-20T17:05:54Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > I’ve always thought putting people on “ignore” was childish. When you go to a party or conference and decide you don’t want to stand near certain people and be involved in certain conversations, or you are no longer interested in hearing someone’s stupid assed opinions all the time, is that childish? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/79 "2017-02-20T17:09:10Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > **The use of these words is a 100% accurate marker for an Alt-Right asshole.** > > Please note this person accordingly. I’ll be putting him on ignore. I was being _sarcastic._ jeez. and here I was amused that **LinusK** feigned ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/80 "2017-02-20T17:09:59Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > When you go to a party or conference and decide you don’t want to stand near certain people and be involved in certain conversations, or you are no longer interested in hearing someone’s stupid assed opinions all the time, is that childish? Nope. But announcing that you’re ignoring someone at party would be. Assuming the analogy makes sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315.md?page=5)