Is anyone else surprised to find out that today is International Men's Day? A strange and telling absence of any attention to it in the media or from our public figures.

A very good article, Warwick, drawing on many of the things that have been discussed here.

The constant dishonest selectivity displayed by people like McInnes is toxic to goodwill between the sexes.

Every day is mens day

The very idea of international mens day is a paradox. The whole idea of being a man is incompatible with having a spwecial day to dance around and hug and use talking sticks and talk and say how wonderful we are and talk and just be gay. That kind of sh1t is for women.

If there is to be an international mens day, to capture the essence of being a man, all men should totally ignore it, eat a massive steak and watch the cricket, refuse to 'communicate' with their spouse and get pissed down the pub and get into a fight. Reclaim your independence men, and stop being fooled by the feminised wishy washy feel good 'mwens day'. If you need a stupid day to feel special you really have problems. The essence of being a man is to not be appreciated and not care that you're not being appreciated. Our purpose in life is to be the 'rock', to shut up and get stuff done and cut the crap.

Am I alone in thinking it's time to ban all 'days'. It's just so lame.

Unless you have international fishing day on the same day as international animal rights day. That has potential.

'On International Men's Day let's think about the fathers.'

Why? What's to think about? You take on a responsibility and you fulfil it to the best of your ability. What do you want a farking medal?

Yeah, sounds good but I would rather have been fatherless than grow up with the one I got.

On International Men's Day we should celebrate the right of men to make women pregnant and not have any responsibility for the resulting offspring if they don't want it.

Noted that nearly all comments so far posted have been negative of men.

Perhaps these posters should look around and see what men have done, from installing the water tap to developing the computer screen that they are looking at.

The continuous negative thinking about men is the product of a feminist culture that only considers negative aspects of the male gender.

And much of that feminist culture has developed from the teaching of feminism in the education system.