When you've lost the Los Angeles Times ... .
'A Day Without a Woman' is a strike for privileged protesters - written by woman editorialist Meghan Daum, I should point out.
I know how overused the word “privileged” has become. The passive-aggressive, pseudo-woke Privilege Accusation Game is now the fastest way to get someone you disagree with to stop talking, especially if you have enough education and free time to sit around thinking about privilege in these terms. ...Speaking of playing hooky, two school districts, Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in North Carolina, had so many female teachers and staff announce they would not come to work today that they closed schools for the day. (The Carrboro system's web site says that today is an "optional teacher workday.")
Make no mistake, March 8 will mostly be a day without women who can afford to skip work, shuffle childcare and household duties to someone else, and shop at stores that are likely to open at 10 and close at 5. ...
Meanwhile, for the millions of women who have no choice but to show up and meet their responsibilities on March 8 (and every day), it will be business as usual.
Which, when you stop to think about it, is kind of the point, isn’t it? At least it should be. We are nearly half the labor force now. We are just as important in the workplace and to our families’ fiscal welfare as men. All things being equal (which is what we’re after, right?), we are too essential to play hooky.
Officials with Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in North Carolina cited safety concerns with so many employees taking off as a primary reason for closing.What do you think the odds are that the not much above min-wage cafeteria and custodial-staff women announced they wanted to take the day off, too? Will they be paid for the day they were told to stay home? It was not their choice. What about women who suddenly must take the day off from their workplace because they have to stay home to mind their kids?
“We’re not closing to show support for the cause,” said Chapel Hill-Carrboro spokesman Jeffrey Nash. “We’re closing because so many are not going to be here, making the schools possibly unsafe.”
And how many of all these not-my-choice-to-lose-a-day's pay women are minority women or immigrant women? Because I can guarantee that when you watch the newscasts tonight you will see rallies consisting of very pale participants.
Columnist Daum points out that,
... the strike, according to the website, seeks to recognize "the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socioeconomic system."Righto!
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