# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/81 "2017-02-20T17:12:07Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > I’ve always thought putting people on “ignore” was childish. What about being a brain-dead moronic troll who can’t stop himself from starting three consecutive threads on the same stupid topic, who finally gets a warning for being an insufferable 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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/82 "2017-02-20T17:13:49Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > No thanks. > > Edit: Also, you’re a pedophile. Fuck off, troll. ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/83 "2017-02-20T17:18:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Fuck off, troll. It’s easy to make unsupported accusations, isn’t it? ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/84 "2017-02-20T17:21:23Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I was being _sarcastic._ > > jeez. > > and here I was amused that **LinusK** feigned ignorance. _Feigned_ ignorance? You accuse me of being _feigned_? Unsupported allegations everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/85 "2017-02-20T17:26:06Z")
I think it’s time to nominate this thread as another hugely successful **LinusK** effort which, as always, has added fantastic value to the board and enriched our lives. With **LinusK** , it never fails! 😃 ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/86 "2017-02-20T17:30:03Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > It’s easy to make unsupported accusations, isn’t it? You’re a troll. Your OP is my cite. ---
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/87 "2017-02-20T17:31:31Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > _Feigned_ ignorance? You accuse me of being _feigned_? > Unsupported allegations everywhere. You started the same thread 3 times. Yes, you are _feigning_. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/88 "2017-02-20T17:31:47Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > 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. Oh, look what I found when I googled it. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18807758&postcount=456](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18807758&postcount=456) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/89 "2017-02-20T17:36:30Z")
Here’s my prediction; the only men who will participate in this farce will be useless whiners whose absence would normally be enjoyed by the rest of us. The only problem will be that they’re going to spend all day posting on the internet. ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/90 "2017-02-20T17:37:08Z")
> [@yezlles](#): > > Oh, look what I found when I googled it. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18807758&postcount=456](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18807758&postcount=456) What was that word again? Oh yeah, feigning. I do not think it means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/91 "2017-02-20T17:43:55Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > _Feigned_ ignorance? You accuse me of being _feigned_? For what it’s worth, I think your ignorance is genuine. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/92 "2017-02-20T17:46:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > For what it’s worth, I think your ignorance is genuine. Thank you. ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/93 "2017-02-20T17:48:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I think it’s time to nominate this thread as another hugely successful **LinusK** effort which, as always, has added fantastic value to the board and enriched our lives. With **LinusK** , it never fails! 😃 Well, in my defense, I’m not the one who put it in the pit. Who knows what would have happened otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/94 "2017-02-20T17:57:11Z")
It would have been locked and you would have been warned. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/95 "2017-02-20T18:03:00Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > Thank you. And it’s also a lot more deeply-ingrained than you may be aware. ---
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/96 "2017-02-20T18:06:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > It would have been locked and you would have been warned. One out of two ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/97 "2017-02-20T18:08:16Z")
All rhetoric aside, all men taking a day off from work would likely have a substantially larger impact on the nation and economy than all women taking a day off from work. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/98 "2017-02-20T18:41:43Z")
On the bright side, this thread is a break from the 8,926 other Pit threads on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Toupee’d; it’s nice to have a change of topic. ---
**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, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/99 "2017-02-20T18:47:44Z")
(way to bring the Pit down with an actual discussion **Velocity** :p) There actually not a lot of good data out there. What I can find is older. This NBC News story from 2011 references Bureau of Labor Statistics and states that: > [@](#): > > Women are now the backbone of the U.S. economy. About 60 percent of them work, and they comprise 46 percent of the labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. > > Women now occupy 51 percent of managerial and professional jobs, up from 26 percent in 1980. More women are graduating from college than men. Seventy-five percent of women say they make the shopping decisions, so they’re the consumers too. > > And like Shah, 40 percent of working women are the primary breadwinners for their families. [Cite](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41914274/ns/business-us_business/t/women-now-backbone-american-economy/#.WKs13FecGP0) Think Progress reports some additional numbers from a story on a report from the Center for American Progress from 2014, including the data point that “women’s contribution to GDP also translates to more than $1.7 trillion in greater output.” > [@](#): > > In 1979, the typical woman worked just 925 hours each year outside of the home. That figure nearly doubled by 2007 to 1,820 hours before declining slightly after the crisis. “That is, the median annual hours worked by women increased 739 hours between 1979 and 2012,” the report says, with all of the increase happening by 2000. If women instead kept working at the same rate as in 1979, their hours would be about 10.6 percent lower, thus decreasing GDP. Today, the majority of women and mothers work and many work full time. The share women working full time, year round jumped from about 29 percent in 1979 to 43.6 percent in 2007. The numbers dipped slightly after the recession, but even at that point, women were 12 percentage points more likely to work full time all year in 2012 than they were in 1979. [Cite](https://thinkprogress.org/the-economy-is-11-percent-bigger-thanks-to-womens-work-ae2bf81888a7#.iz0najcci) I think you can only take certain parts of this statement to be true: > [@Velocity](#): > > All rhetoric aside, all men taking a day off from work would likely have a substantially larger impact on the nation and economy than all women taking a day off from work. -Economic impact from work will be greater for men than women = true, given higher presence of men and given wage disparity looking only at working men and working women (I’m not sure that it’s “substantial” any longer) -Overall economic impact on the nation, if you look at all that women contribute, including housework and most importantly childcare, is likely to be greater if women take the day off from all of their duties ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/100 "2017-02-20T19:00:51Z")
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