
While most people are happy to celebrate all the accomplishments of women on International Women’s Day (IWD), some on Twitter constantly ask when International Men’s Day is, and one man is trolling them hard.
Thanks to the power of Google and its vast analytics, we now know precisely when International Men’s Day is most searched for; for those curious, the day itself falls on 19 November.
However, it’s fair to say that while the day gets a minor mention when it rolls around, the entire point of International Women’s Day (IWD) is to highlight the obvious inequalities when it comes to women both in terms of their access to education globally, and their standing in the workplace.
After all, a report released today by Accenture rather disappointingly suggested that the workplace won’t become properly gender equal until 2065, or 2040 at the earliest.
Are we seeing a turnaround?
Yet some out there completely miss the point, throwing out the question of ‘when’s International Men’s Day, huh?’ every International Women’s Day, as if they are a disenfranchised member of society.
Just to highlight the missing of the point, comedian, writer and Twitter user Richard Herring has kept up an annual tradition of responding to each and every one of these type of tweets for the duration of International Women’s Day.
Immense kudos to Herring for having the energy to deal with so many tweets, although he has said this year that perhaps the tide is finally turning and that the point is getting through.
It's a bit too early to call, but there seem to be more people taking piss out of the IMD askers than IMD askers this year.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
Here’s a sampler of some of the tweets Herring has been retweeting and responding to.
I will. It's Nov 19 RT @mcmoondog: I wish someone could tell me when international men's day is
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
I am the troll in this instance RT @Tallphotography: Stop feeding the trolls Rich, they're only asking out of boredom and ignorance.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
It's November 19th. Stand down RT @scruffysausage: When is International Men's Day then? Or are we not worthy or downtrodden enough
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
I only gave you the fucking answer. Why so angry? RT @scruffysausage: @SoozUK @Herring1967 I only asked a fucking question
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
You must look harder-It's been on nov 19th for 24 years RT @ItsAProcess_KMK: I haven't seen an international men's day ever. #Discrimination
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
We do. November 19th RT @endaguinan: But why don't we have an international MENS day? https://t.co/O2uLfwXqHc
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
Although, Herring has had some unexpected help from a rather famous face who, he admits, probably has a little more reach than him.
It's #InternationalWomensDay. Don't embarrass yourself by asking why there's no international men's day. There is. Nov 19th. You're welcome.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) March 8, 2016
Ricky Gervais just tweeted about IMD date, thus reaching more people than I have done in the last 3 or 4 years.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2016
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