On International Women's Day, I read an article that was on the front page of the Globe and Mail entitled "For the free, educated and affluent, welcome to the century of women" by Margaret Wente. She begins by stating "The war for women's right is over, and we won". Wente basically said that she finds no real reason for there to be an International Women's Day anymore as we, as women (in the Western world) already have all of the rights and equality that we will ever need. She goes on to explain that, thanks to the Industrial Revolution, we as women now have the choice to be mothers or to work in the corporate world. I found this article to be one that is deeply disturbing and almost comedic. I'm trying to figure out if this was a sad cry for attention or if she truly believes in the delusions that she is spewing out. The generalizations in this article are unbelievable, Wente is clearly using herself as the prototype for the woman that she is speaking about. The fact that she disregards the less fortunate women in our society as well as her denial that sexual harassment directed toward women has occured in the work place after the 1960s, is truly remarkable. Of course, there is also the issue of choice. We as women are now allowed to choose whether we want to be mothers or have successful careers. This statement seems to assume that we do not possess the qualities to have both, when with men, it is assumed that they can.


If you would like to take a look at the ignorance that is her article, you can do so by clicking here

I really felt that this being on the front page of the Globe and Mail on IWD was a serious insult and further establishes my concern about the state of our society and the delusions that continue to manifest within it.