Working Women's Festival

I don't know if the translation is right. Anyway, today is kind of big in China. Most women gets half a day off and most of them rush into the shopping malls. You can see women with flowers on their hands everywhere. In retrospect, during this festival, my previous female colleagues got flowers and very big bags from the company. I never knew what were inside and never dared to ask. Also, even in ordinary days, the company usually handed out presents that is only useful to women. Male employees' only choice is to give them out to their girlsfriends or female family members.

As a matter of fact, in modern China, women are treated very well comparing to men, who don't have their own festivals. Women almost have the chance of doing as well as, if not better than men in many aspects of life. However, they have much less pressure with their career development. They could be very successful, and won't be blamed at all if they are not. On the other hand, men have to keep pushing themselves so that the whole family can live a better life. The road to success is endless, cause there are always someone who are better than you. To keep their wives from complaining, the husbands' struggle will never end.

Sometime, I think the freedom of women has gone too far. "Girl power" is everywhere in the society now. Some women seeing being female as their advantages. They see being treated well as granted and are never sincerely thankful for the kind gestures given by men. They can do all kinds of crazy things and believe they will not get punished. There are more and more wives cheating on their husbands now than husbands cheating on their wives. Some are too lazy to find a decent job and do online dirty talking all day long with their friends on line. Some shameless women spend money that their husbands earned on their secret lovers. They don't even feel ashamed when get buzzed and blame their husbands for not earning enough money, or not spending enough time with them, or whatever.

I have nothing against women and always look them as equals. I also hate the thought of treating women as reproducing machines. However, I do feel that the modern liberalization of women has gone too far and also on the wrong path. Most of the traditional virtues of women are missed and forgotten during this process. What a shame! If women want to be treated with respect, they should learn to treat men in the same way. They should know that they still have their share of responsibilities in life. After all, the festival is only for the WORKING women, isn't it?