[Xmca-l] Re: Congratulations Men

[Andy Blunden]

I think the point is that holidays have *always* been fixed 
to reinforce the normative order. The only exception I know 
is May Day, which is not a holiday here in Oz.
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
On 9/11/2015 11:51 AM, mike cole wrote:
> Dear Colleagues -Here is the latest word on International Mens day and its
> presence in the United States thanks to a hint about checking Wikipedia:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day.
>
> Is it just me, or does anyone out there think that some thought should be
> giving to gender neutral holidays instead of the normative order? For
> example, how about a Parents Day and a Grandparents day. With time off and
> a little family time, whatever that family might be.
>
> mike
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Hans Knutagård <hans.knutagard@ingressus.se
>> wrote:
>> In Sweden we celebrate Fathers day evry year the Sunday in November
>> between the 8 and 14. It started 1931 as a respons to Mother's day in May
>> (in Sweden).
>>
>>> 8 nov. 2015 kl. 20:58 skrev Rauno Huttunen <rakahu@utu.fi>:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> In Finland it is Father's Day.
>>>
>>> Rauno Huttunen
>>>
>>> Lähetetty iPadista
>>>
>>>> mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> kirjoitti 8.11.2015 kello 21.37:
>>>>
>>>> I have learned from my Russian colleagues that today is the
>> International
>>>> Day honoring Men, which I am told is celebrated in 70 countries
>> including
>>>> the US (Wikipedia so testifies). But I have never heard of it! Just me,
>> or
>>>> is this
>>>> not a generally recognized holiday in the U.S.?
>>>> mike
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> It is the dilemma of psychology to deal as a natural science with an
>>>> object that creates history. Ernst Boesch
>>
>>
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