My first experiences of #InternationalWomensDay were in small-town Czechoslovakia (and then in both the 2 republics) in the early 1990s. It was not exactly a day that most women I knew there looked forward to...
Husbands would traditionally come home (possibly drunk) with flowers for wives. Then, they would try to cook dinner (thus reinforcing the traditional roles the other 364 days of the year). They'd make something inedible & leave a mess in the kitchen for the wife to clean up.
I seem to recall stories of deadly kitchen fires being reported, too - a bit like you hear of children losing fingers from fireworks on July 4th in the US - but I never knew anyone it happened to.
That was 30 years ago, so I'd like to think much has changed since.
But I see this graphic circulating on Czech twitter on #InternationalWomensDay, so maybe it's not changed enough yet?
But I see this graphic circulating on Czech twitter on #InternationalWomensDay, so maybe it's not changed enough yet?
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