{"id":2619,"date":"2012-03-08T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2012-03-08T05:58:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:58:27","slug":"womens-day-or-femininity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/womens-day-or-femininity-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Day or Femininity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 8 is a holiday in Russia, <strong>\u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (International Women\u2019s Day) or <strong>\u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a <\/strong><strong>\u0412\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e <\/strong><strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0430<\/strong> (the Eighth of March) or simply <strong>\u0416<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (Women\u2019s Day).<\/p>\n<p>There will be plenty of <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/strong> (congratulations), <strong>\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span><\/strong> (flowers), <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438<\/strong> (greeting cards), <strong>\u0448\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434<\/strong> (chocolate) and <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0438<\/strong> (gifts). Men will also try, if just for one day, to take over some of the <strong>\u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u043e <\/strong><strong>\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u0443<\/strong> (household chores).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s something I find irritating about Women\u2019s Day \u00a0&#8211; the word \u00a0<strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (femininity). All the <strong>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b<\/strong> (compliments), <strong>\u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0438 <\/strong><strong>\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/strong> (here: attention), <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/strong> (holiday wishes), and <strong>\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044b<\/strong> (toasts) emphasize <strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> over any other attribute women have.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c <\/strong><strong>\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f <\/strong><strong>\u0432\u043e <\/strong><strong>\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0443\u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (femininity is placed at the forefront) to the total exclusion of all other qualities required for a happy and fulfilling life. <strong>\u0424\u0435\u043c\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (a feminist) is not a nice word in Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0449\u0443\u044e <\/strong><strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 <\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0442 <\/strong><strong>\u044d\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0438\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (Femininity, above all, sets a real woman apart from an emancipated one) writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realisti.ru\/main\/women?id=247\">one author<\/a>. She later adds that her best advice when couples come to her for counseling is <strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0430 <\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c <\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0430\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439<\/strong> (a woman should not be assertive)<\/p>\n<p>Yet another psychologist explains that there is nothing more <strong>\u043e\u0442\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0435 <\/strong>(repulsive) than <strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong><strong>\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/strong>, evidently confusing <strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> (brave) and <strong>\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> (manly).<\/p>\n<p>Digging more into the question of <strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong><strong>\u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0442 <\/strong><strong>\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c <\/strong><strong>\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439<\/strong> (what does it mean to be feminine), gets you a whole collection of \u201csubservient chicken\u201d qualities:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0422\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; patience<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0411\u0435\u0437\u0443\u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0443\u0432\u0430\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c<\/strong> &#8211; unconditional respect for men<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0413<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c, <\/strong><strong>\u0443\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u043e\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong><strong>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441<\/strong> &#8211; flexibility, ability to agree to a compromise<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0423\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; ability to not argue<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c <\/strong><strong>\u0438 <\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; tenderness and weakness in a sense that a man is needed to solve many of the life\u2019s issues<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u0430\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; passivity<\/p>\n<p>And here are some femininity killers<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0423\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u043c<\/strong> &#8211; standing your ground<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u043e\u043d\u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438<\/strong> &#8211; competing with men<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0420<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u043a\u0438\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f, <\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u044f <\/strong><strong>\u0440\u0435\u0447\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; jerky movements, brisk speech also general lack of <strong>\u0438\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong> (grace)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; impatience<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u044b<\/strong> &#8211; attempts to change man\u2019s ways<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly ironic considering the holiday\u2019s origin and the fact that back in 1965 the Women\u2019s Day was officially declared a non-working holiday in recognition of Soviet women\u2019s <strong>\u0433\u0435\u0440\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043c<\/strong> (heroism) and <strong>\u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043e\u0442\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c <\/strong>(disregard of self, dedication), among other things.<\/p>\n<p>I recently read a novel <strong>\u041a\u044b\u0441\u044c<\/strong> (The Slynx) by Tatiana Tolstaya. In the post-apocalyptic dystopian Russia, the Women\u2019s Day is brought back to life through a feudal decree that orders<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0412 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044d<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u0430\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442 \u0438 \u0443\u0432\u0430\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435&#8230; \u0412 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044d<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u041f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0448\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431 \u043d\u0435 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c&#8230; \u0421\u043a\u0430\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c: \u00ab\u0416\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u0441\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044f \u0432 \u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u0438 \u0443\u0441\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u0432 \u0432 \u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439.\u00bb \u0412\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u043a\u0443\u044e \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u0443&#8230; \u0445\u043e\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(On this day honor and respect to all broads\u2026 On such Holiday not to hit them nor beat them nor nothing of the usual kind do to them\u2026 Say: \u201cWishing you happiness in life success in work peaceful skies above.\u201d Any broad\u2026 congratulate politely with such words whoever you are.)<\/p>\n<p>(BTW, if you have an English translation of The Slynx, maybe you can find an exact translation and post it in the comments.)<\/p>\n<p>What do you think femininity is or is not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8 is a holiday in Russia, \u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c (International Women\u2019s Day) or \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0412\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430 (the Eighth of March) or simply \u0416\u0435\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c (Women\u2019s Day). There will be plenty of \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f (congratulations), \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044b (flowers), \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u043a\u0438 (greeting cards), \u0448\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0434 (chocolate) and \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0438 (gifts). 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