On the International Woman’s Day
I believe that allocating a day to
celebrate women is much more a reducing of women’s existence in one day rather than honoring their contributions
and sacrifices . It is as though we reduce the whole existence, dignity, and contribution
of women in one day and this day is a day of rewarding, very much like labors
who get their wages at the end of the Month, and as soon as this day is over the whole society goes
back to its old habit that of reducing , marginalizing and belittling their
role in serving not only society but humanity as whole. We certainly need more
than one day to show our respect , love and gratitude and to honor women’ role in our
lives . Indeed, we have to celebrate women everyday .
Many thanks for all women who serve
humanity not through criticizing patriarchy and reproducing the discourse of Otherness but mainly women who despite all the obstacles
manage to advance their status and
contribute in society’s welfare not
through the very idea of being a women as a victim and a subaltern, as feminist would nonsensically claim, but through competence, hard work ,and self-confidence . As Tarik Ramadan said in one of his fascinating lectures ‘ my advice forArab
and Muslim women is to stop being victims
and to stop nurturing the victim mentality ‘’. As it is the high time to
value and treasure women’s role in society is also necessary to move beyond the
binary oppisitionality of man and woman that has been put forward and invoked by
some feminists.
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