There can be no argument that without women there would be no human beings.

As a man I could argue the same applies – there would be no humans in the world without men.

That is true from the beginning.

But men’s sperm is already being stored and even marketed. A woman doesn’t need a physical man with the act of intercourse to make a woman pregnant any more. Artificial insemination has increased.

With women becoming more physical the tough sports such as boxing, wrestling, martial arts, weight lifting, etc. and even body building, are not the sole discipline for men.

Only yesterday I read a kick boxing female champion had a physical argument with her boyfriend and knocked him out!

For hundreds of years women have had to fight to get equal rights with us men. Examples are the right to vote, equal status in the military and now it is equal pay.

And women are even more determined to fight.

Today (Wed 8) is International Women’s Day and there are marches planned all over the world to make us men sit up and listen.

In the Muslim World there are even uprisings there.

We men can say how many useful inventions have been made by women compared to men. Their answer to that is – have they been given the same chance?

Men. I am afraid to have to tell you. The Day of the Woman is here today and tomorrow and for evermore.

I leave you with these inspiring quotes from women found on the Saying Images website:

The history of all times and of today especially teaches that women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. – Louise Otto

A lot of guys think the larger a woman’s breasts are, the less intelligent she is. I don’t think it works like that. I think it’s the opposite. I think the larger a woman’s breasts are, the less intelligent the men become. – Anita Wise

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. – Melinda Gates

I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us. – Louisa May Alcott

Women are the real architects of society. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself. – Loretta Young

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. – Eleanor Roosevelt

A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change. – Hillary Clinton

One is not born a woman, one becomes one. – Simone de Beauvoir

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. – Coco Chanel

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women’s issues. – Charlotte Bunch2

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. – Marilyn Monroe

The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him. – Cher

The sadness of the women’s movement is that they don’t allow the necessity of love. See, I don’t personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. – Maya Angelou

A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. – Margaret Sanger

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. – Roseanne Barr

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. – Oprah Winfrey

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well! – Barbara Bush

I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon. – Aristotle Onassis

Well behaved women rarely make history. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuild my life. – J.K. Rowling

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. – Mother Teresa

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size. – Virginia Woolf

I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships. – Gilda Radner

FINAL NOTE: A very happy International Women’s Day to everyone.