International Women's Day vexations

Is there an International Men's Day? Yes, but I'd never heard of it. Read into that what you will. And into this, a selection of bits and pieces from around the web...

Avon launches digital romance imprint. Yawn. On the right of that page, you may see these lovely ladies...

(Both images from the same sidebar at fastcompany.com)

Sophie Monk splits with 50-something fiancee. Which, incidentally, I just typed as "financee". And this pic appears on the same page:

Yeah! Legs. Makeup. And a woman clutching her own chest. Getting tired? Me too.

Ho hum from the Hun. (That's right, kids: sex is never a path to revenge. Whatever that means. Thanks Suzie, or whoever subbed that headline with such mordant perspicacity.)

On what is ostensibly the plus side, the PM stands firm on carbon, but that's only really interesting from the point of view of broken election promises, poll terror, and bureaucracy moving more slowly than molasses. Oh, and the recurring thought, "I can't believe people thought she'd govern differently because she's a woman."

Yeah, so, whatever. Don't say I don't look after you. Or something.*

*Oh alright, so I don't get this shit at all. These examples are all targeted at women or a combination of women and men, and the fact that a) I am a woman and b) I don't want to read any of it only further reinforces my disbelief not only in gender targeting, but that gender actually matters at all.