Sweets, bouquets, the struggle for rights: how Russians perceive March 8

What do Russians think about the traditions of March 8 and how has their idea of ​​International Women's Day changed over the past five years? 49% of men agree with them. Moreover, 22% of respondents, regardless of gender, are sure that these are obligatory symbols of the holiday. For 53% of women, March 8 is an occasion to take a break, and another third of women hope to receive gifts from loved ones. More than half of the respondents (57%) perceive March 8 as International Women's Day, and 30% as Spring Day. 62% of women believe that flowers, sweets and perfumes are nice gifts for March 8th. 49% of men agree with them. Moreover, 22% of respondents, regardless of gender, are sure that these are obligatory symbols of the holiday. For 53% of women, March 8 is an occasion to take a break, and another third of women hope to receive gifts from loved ones. More than half of the respondents (57%) perceive March 8 as International Women's Day, and 30% as Spring Day. 62% of women believe that flowers, sweets and perfumes are nice gifts for March 8th. 49% of men agree with them. Moreover, 22% of respondents, regardless of gender, are sure that these are obligatory symbols of the holiday. For 53% of women, March 8 is an occasion to take a break, and another third of women hope to receive gifts from loved ones. More than half of the respondents (57%) perceive March 8 as International Women's Day, and 30% as Spring Day.Only 7% said that March 8 is a day dedicated to the struggle for women's rights, and 5% called it a day in support of women. The majority of respondents (82%) do not agree that March 8 is an occasion to talk about women's rights. Only 3% talk about the problem of gender inequality in social networks, and women do it more actively. Over the past five years, only 14% of respondents have changed their attitude towards the March 8 holiday. Most of all, it has changed among young people under 24 years old. Moreover, often Russians do not associate the change in their perception of the holiday with feminism and the struggle for women's rights (80% of those who have changed it answered this way). The survey involved 2,130 men and women aged 12 to 65 and older. What does it mean

The study showed that the topic of women's rights does not bother society much, and the traditions of the holiday remain unchanged. More than half of the respondents say that there is gender equality in RUSSIA, and only 24% talk about the infringement of women's rights. A third of the respondents are neutral to the ideas of feminism, 23% of men are sure that feminism is evil.

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