Today is International Women’s Day…..are you having a day off?

A bold way to make a statement ...

Jaberwok

It's snowing hard here so not exactly having a day off,but certainly not going anywhere other than a quick dog walk and making some leek and potato soup. Apart from that, afternoon telly and a snooze.

Haha, I’m doing similar but no dog walking and the pea and ham soup comes from a can. So, yeah, a day off.
A crackling fire going and a good book as well.😃

I am drinking wine and arguing on GN about Gary Lineker, not sure if this is a fitting way to celebrate the day.

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I celebrated with sausage and mash, with onion gravy!
But I didn't cook it

This one is a tribute to my mum, one of the original feminists.

Callistemon21

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I celebrated with sausage and mash, with onion gravy!
But I didn't cook it

Very envious Callistemon I love sausage and mash and doesn't it always taste better when cooked by someone else

Well I have worked like stink today in the hope we can leave tomorrow and drive North to our holiday let, it’s our last weekend there before the Spring bookings start.
I’ve baked, made stews, pates and all manner of good things for our son and DIL who are supposed to be driving up from London to join us.
I have an awful feeling we will be snowed off😬.

I think we should celebrate both men and women.
I went on a Pride walk with a couple of lesbian friends/family last Sunday. If all of those people can celebrate who or what they are why can’t we?

AGAA4

Callistemon21

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I celebrated with sausage and mash, with onion gravy!
But I didn't cook it

Very envious Callistemon I love sausage and mash and doesn't it always taste better when cooked by someone else

And he cleared up afterwards! 😀

Sago

AGAA4

Grannybags

Parsley3 That makes me so cross 🤬

Me too. I have heard that screening centres are sending invitations out to men who have identified as women to come for cervical screening.

Are prostate checks are offered to women?
What a waste of NHS funds.
International women’s day should be for anyone who identifies as a woman however the NHS offering cervical screening for someone born with tallywhackers is madness.

They'll be looking for a long time for something to screen!!!!!
'Many years ago I had to go for an abdominal scan it seemed to take ages then the Dr. said" Would you have happened to have something taken away?" a hysterectomy had not been recorded in my notes.

I went to the WASPI Fight Back Rally and stood in the pouring rain with thousands of 1950s women who were not notified of the raising of the pension age from 60 to 66. To all those who state we wanted equality you got it, 1950s women did not have equality in their working lives. Yesterday it was debated regarding the huge pension gap between men and women, mainly due to women's caring responsibilities. So to all the over 70 women who got their pensions at 60 and to those women who are married without financial concerns, I would ask you to have empathy with your sisters who had no way to prepare for their retirement. Now they want to escalate the spa more quickly when life expectancy is decreasing. In addition the media covered extensively the French protests against pension age rise from 62 to 64. But very little coverage for us. I believe that we were considered easy targets but they were wrong.

I celebrated by being taken out in the fells while the sun was shining. A walk around a remote village with a lovely pond.
No housework at all and super already made the day before.