It greatly underestimates what men are capable of, and offers a robotic perspective of the world that doesn't exist except in war games.

Life is not meant to be a war for anyone, but the infusion of this deception makes it become a war for everyone.

Women teaching women that men can and should be expected to produce more than this simplistic view of the universe is one of the greatest gifts women can give each other, and one of the greatest gifts women can give to men – so they may develop their potential that lies beneath the surface of what male hierarchies have defined as the most males can do.

Pushing males beyond the ordinary limits of culture means to give them wings of their own making, and wings worthy of having because they are self made. In turn, they offer wings to women. History confirms that among human relations, this has always been true.

Helping men to impress themselves by knowing their own hearts is what women were put on earth to do – to help release the male within his ordinary confines.

This is also really applicable to development work (my thing). Good, transformational relational development recognizes and learns from the other's strengths and capacities. If one goes in on a white horse carrying a white flag, somethings gonna be missed, the view is just too far away from the back of a horse…and too far removed from the lovely things happening on the ground. Sorry, that was a tangent…the strength in respectful, transformational relationship is just an exceedingly better way.

Cindy

And it's funny, I was surprised to find out that International Women’s Day is also celebrated in other countries that just Russia and CIS countries. I thought that it was something taken from Soviet culture and not celebrated anywhere else, and when I found several notes about it at whitehouse.gov on the official White House blog, it was so cool.

I look forward with great hope and expectation to the day when we – as a church and as the human race – realize God gives more abundantly than we will ever imagine and that there is no shortage. I look forward to the day we place special days on our calendar for both men and women, kids and parents, cultures and ethnic groups of all sorts, solely out of thanksgiving for one another and not because it is the only way we will recognize every part of God's creation as worthy.

I do feel threatened – because every change is a threat – but as long as injustice exists, I need to be threatened.

EP

The world is sexist, and yes we women have to fight it still. I'm not going to tell my kids to stop fighting injustice if it still exists just because some might take it the wrong way or some men feel threatened. And I don't accept "that's just the way the world is" arguments. The world is a lot of crappy things – that doesn't mean they can't be changed. I don't give up that easily.

I going to step out onto a limb here, a very fragile limb I might add, hanging over a cliff of certain doom.

Although I will come out and say it.

I'm going to quote, and I wish some men would come here and back me up a little on what I am about to say.

Julie, thank you for your reply, it is insightful and welcomed.

I don't see advances made by women at all threatening. I am a school teacher and I'll tell you Women do my job WAY better than I can.

I was raised by two women, only 2 women. I have the deepest respect for them. As I was taught.

your quote ."That takes sacrifice, that takes humility. This is the world women are fighting for – not to humiliate or dominate men, but to work together without fear."

1. Thank you for stating this, that is what I was talking about. You don't want to dominate men. I agree most women are very well attuned to this idea and follow through.
2. Women my age use the argument of 'women s rights' to control workplace and relationships. (In my younger years I worked at Sports bars. for 8 years. I could never get moved to a waiter position simply because I don't have the required 'tools')
3. I'm sorry if you feel my message was threatening. That was not my intention.
4. The world we live in today, I'm sorry to say, will never have equality, not just between sexes but also race, age, social status and of course wealth. Of course that for another "Forum"

You fear men will feel chastised by advancing women and try to reaffirm their ridiculous notion of power. I agree.

My key point is, through the fight for rights as a women. You might be sending the wrong message to younger generations that they should step all over men to get want you want.

Consequences?? Who cares, if you get what you want? Fight for your rights as a woman!!

If I walked into a company with another women, looking for the same job.

I went to the interview and said if you don't hire me instead of that woman I'll tell the courts and media you are sexist and didn't hire me because I'm a man. (Proceed Laughing)

Woman says the same thing, they might have to think twice about it.

This is what I mean. This is the way of the world. Once we can abolish currency.
Nothing will change, or it just might get worse.

To reiterate… I mean no hostility. I've thought this for a while. I just want to see a womans perspective to this.

P.S. I am not religious.