International Women’s Day is not meant to “honor women” in the sense you may believe. In fact, International Women’s Day is based upon the ideas of Clara Zetkin, who believed in socialism as a key to women’s liberation. Clara Zetkin was undeniably a key figure within the larger feminist movement, pioneering the way for later protests on I.W.D., which now include controversial ideals like the legal right to abortion. While the baseline concepts of education, workplace equity, and equal pay are generally considered acceptable by all, the roots of the movement taking their place in feminism highlight a need for skepticism. Since there is little distinction between radical feminism, the idea that social systems promoting male headship should be completely dismantled, and a simple call for equity in legal rights, it is best to not associate with today’s movements of I.W.D. in order to maintain a perspective on women’s advocacy separate from the modern spider-web of clarifying ‘feminism’.