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The world is celebrating International Women's Day. So you know what that means. Lithuanian police officers are probably giving tulips to female drivers again. But an online feminist community called the School of Feminism has suggested another cool way to commemorate the occasion.

Posters. The organization uploaded a series of designs to the internet, listing some of the biggest achievements that societies' have earned in their quest towards equality. "Thanks to feminists, women can vote, work, abort [their pregnancies], divorce [spouses], wear pants, read any book [they like], use birth control, take out a loan..." Anyone who wants to use the posters can download and print out the designs or simply share them online.

"There are still many rights to fight for to achieve real equality between women and men around the world," School of Feminism concluded. "Let's keep up the fight."

More info: schooloffeminism.org | Facebook | Instagram

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you to the pioneer women who pushed for the rights of women. I proudly stand as a woman knowing I have these rights because of them and their suffrage to get us where we are today

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"There are many things [women can] thank feminism for," School of Feminism told Bored Panda. "From being able to vote to wearing pants, these are just a few obvious things that we do not consider on a day to day basis and that is why our simple and clear message has been so viral. But despite of all our achievements, we continue to live in a tremendously macho and unequal society. Do not forget that there still are many rights to fight for to achieve real equality throughout the world."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first university in the world in Morocco has been founded by a woman. Just saying

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"Everyone has the potential to make a change in the world," they said. "When we released this series, we didn’t expect such a huge reaction because we didn’t have a community to share the project with." However, people in the internet found it despite the low like count on School of Feminism's social media pages. "We published the images on our personal accounts and they began to spread quickly."

In one week School of Feminism’s Instagram account has grown from 0 to 13k followers and their Facebook page has reached 21k, and the numbers keep climbing.

"We are receiving messages from all around the world, including Spain, Portugal, Mexico, France, Italy, Chile, Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, thanking us thanks and asking us to translate the posters into their native languages."

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"We’ve ignited a worldwide conversation about feminism, and people are actively commenting and sharing their points of view thought direct messages and comments. To us, this is a great achievement because there still are people who do not understand that Feminism, as Angela Davis said, 'is the radical idea that women are human beings.'"

"We firmly believe that through [active] communication we can translate the concepts of Feminism into something so simple, everyone will be able to understand and embrace it."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For this, I cannot thank them enough! Pants (jeans in particular) are pretty much my only type of bottom-wear all year round =)

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After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909, in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested that Women's Day be held annually. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. Then, socialist movements and communist countries began celebrating that day until it was officially adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have survived several marriages to men who demanded to have total control over every penny, and wanted to fight if I wanted to buy something with my own money. They are no longer a part of my life.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a lot of tribes is was the women who hunted and women who were warriors too. Women's role in society as a worker has changed over the years for many reasons. Women went to work during war, because the men were not there to do it. Queen Elizabeth was a Mechanic during WWII.

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The official theme for International Women's Day 2019 is: 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.' "At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional about its use to positively impact the lives of women and girls," UN Women stated. "That means making sure they are not only consumers of innovation, but take their place as innovators. With their engagement, both design and execution of solutions can address the unique needs of women and girls, from the creation of decent work to delivery of products, services and infrastructure for women in all walks of life. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” puts innovation at the centre of efforts to reflect the needs and viewpoints of women and girls and to resolve barriers to public services and opportunities."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's really wild to think that women ever needed permission from men in order to use birth control, that's just disgusting

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"Remoteness need no longer be an exclusion issue when mobile money technology and digital payments can deliver social benefits to even the most remote households. Lack of roads need not prevent life-saving medication from reaching patients, with smart inventions like 15-year old Nigerian Eno Ekanem’s drone to make drops to rural areas, controlled by SMS messaging."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also thank LGBTQ+ movements, they made same sex marriage legal!! Not all women want to marry males. :)

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According to the statement, women and girls must have opportunities to contribute to making real change, and help shape the policies, services and infrastructure that impact their lives. "As we have seen from recent marches for climate action in Europe and elsewhere—they are ready to do so."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being able to run is one thing, not facing prejudice and sexism if you try is another.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without this one, I wouldn't have been able to graduate university, as both my mom and dad took turns to take loans each year. Thanks mom and dad (and thanks to feminism too).

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people think its "disgusting" to talk about it in public. I don't get why, it's natural, like "Oh, she sneezed in public! disgusting!" both are natural.(Edit: I'm a female, my friends and I talk about it.)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feminists is about giving women rights. The right to make a choice. It's not about picking a side on a controversial topic.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All ladies in the military, I respect y'all!!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody does it in public here in Russia, mostly because it's too intimate a process for any strangers to see. Though I don't understand how this can be considered disgusting by anyone :-|

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But a woman still can't walk around topless like a man can. Edit: I wasn't choosing sides, I was just pointing something out. And not because it's illegal or whatever but because women wouldn't feel safe doing so in places a man might be seen without a shirt.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even though anatomically it's the same; both have breast tissue, nipples, pectoral muscles. So why is the other allowed to be seen and the other has to be hidden?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amen! Most of us take for granted the liberties that have been hard fought for and won over generations of struggle to be recognised as an equal and not a sub-species. My mum, grand mother and great grandmother faced issues that we don't have to because someone fought to gain our freedom.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't wait for the day where I can walk around without a shirt and a bra. By then, however, I will have to put bandaids on my nipples only because they will be drooping by then hahahaha.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why on earth should it be okay for women to be topless in public? It would make more sense to ban men from going shirtless. This is stupid and has nothing to do with feminism. Women don't need to be showing their boobs to everyone. That's just as rude as a man not wearing pants! Women have breasts and breasts are sexual, so of course they should be covered. I can't think of any good reason why women should be allowed to walk around topless.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boobs aren't genitalia. There are reasons men don't wear shirts, is it not conceivable that women would have the same reasons but fewer rights?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do women want to go around topless anyway? F women want to be topless apply at playboy magazine. I am a woman and the last thing I want to see when I walk down a street is a woman going topless. Have some respect for yourself and others. Go to a nudist place. It seems that common human decency is going the way of the dodo bird.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because it's hot out. Because my shirt got dirty and I want to change into another one. Because I just feel like catching some sun. This has nothing to do with playboy. People used to think women's ankles were indecent, I'm pretty glad that's in the past and I hope boobs will go the same way. It's too much work to keep them covered all the time.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to those that think the breasts are a sexual organ- technically, anything can react sexually. It's the invention of our culture that breasts are considered sexy, certain tribes of women in africa walk around topless all the time and no one thinks it's sexual. Yes, in america breasts are fetishized- any country can choose to fetishize anything, feet, the face, bare legs- the thing I feel could "potentially be harmful" is since we see so little nudity in public, we sexualize it, and people develop body image issues or are unaware if something is physically wrong. On the milder side, discomfort due to heat plus bra plus top. A hassel during nursing. etc.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard once from a professor a nice saying, “when we are born we are nude with almost no brain, the older we grow the more we cover ourselves, e.i. kids go to school with shorts , While the ceo’s, head of countries and even the queens are well and fully dressed. He made these equations: Less clothes= less brain Full clothes= big brain No clothes=no brain This applies for both men and women 😊😊😊

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Serious question, what things that are considered unequal are to be changed in the future?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The things that are unequal generally pertain to how women are treated, the attitudes towards women in certain situations. It isn't about law but about how law is applied. How women are frequently dismissed, ignored, ridden rough shod over in preference to a man or a man's view. This is not in every single situation and I have no doubt that there are any number of examples which could be used to point to the opposite happening. I am speaking generally. Just look at some of the comments on this article alone. To make a separate point, I too have seen questions being dismissed and been loathe to ask any myself. People are so free with the downvotes or snarky remarks. A shame.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank a feminist if you are lesbian have equality rights and the right to marry

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this post is about liberty of choice, not indecent exposure. I hope! LOL Though I would not complain...

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It takes the unity of an entire gender without exception to make a particular behavior acceptable. That's why men can go topless under certain conditions. They can't do so in a courtroom or children's school though, so it's still not seen as harmless or normal. Time and place for everything.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looking at the comments on this one shows just how utterly unfinished this “accomplishment” really is. Both men and women are posing about how unacceptable women’s nipples are to be seen, while men’s can be on display at pretty much any time. The USA really has a psychotic fear of women’s nipples.

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It's called indecent exposure. Riddle me this, feminists... if you consider yourselves in favor of equality for women, and you think exposing your bodies when you want is okay, what about those men who send you unsolicited d**k pics, or expose themselves to you in public while you're walking down the street? According to your logic, you should have no complaints when you receive an unsolicited d**k pic or a man exposes himself to you when walking in the street... just saying..

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one is talking about exposing genitals? No one is talking about women exposing their vaginas? It's about the right to be shirtless the same way guys already are. If you think breasts are sex organs the same way d***s are, then I think it's time for you to go back to school and take some more biology classes.

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I'll thank a feminist when I can walk around with no shirt.

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