Celebrating Women Should Be More Than Recognizing Workplace Equality
March, in case you didn’t know, is Women’s History Month. While social media will be inundated with pastel-colored infographics about the contributions women (or anyone who identifies as such) have made to society, for those of us in the workforce, our day-to-day lives and duties won’t change much, beyond a DEI-sponsored pizza party or celebratory cupcake.
With corporate-approved jargon and #girlboss attitudes becoming more prevalent at every turn, we might start to ponder how we fit into a heavily curated celebration of our own gender. If we’re in the workplace, we’re commended as accomplished, driven, ambitious individuals. If we’re homemakers and mothers, not so much. Celebrating women should be more than recognizing so-called workplace equality, and it’s time that we recognize that women are indispensable in whatever role they fill, even if it deviates from the accepted archetype of the postmodern standard.