National Tell a Girl She’s Beautiful Day is pure bullshit, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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208. I like that connection.

A lot of people in this thread have been saying "It's to promote self-esteem, it makes women feel good about themselves."

How about promoting women's self-esteem by going at it the opposite way - by not proclaiming women are "gross" if they don't shave to our personal preferences, or insulting women we don't like by calling them fat, or otherwise insulting women (even republican ones!) by calling them ugly or unattractive? Or staring at their hairy armpits or legs or mustaches and making a point of telling people we think they're disgusting, or acting like only skinny women should be allowed in public in certain outfits.

That could be an every day thing, not a once a year thing. Even if we personally find a woman unattractive, we just hold that emotional reaction to ourselves, instead of using it as social pressure to make women feel inadequate for who they are or how they look.