India, March 7 -- It is a truth universally acknowledged that men and women, once they acquire a fortune of revisionist education, which is nothing but gibberish, must voice their demand for a Men's Day. Perhaps all year long, but especially on International Women's Day. This is how the logic of symmetric signalling works: Every symbolic acknowledgement must have a mirror image.

No matter whether a Men's Day actually exists (November 19; yes, run with it). No matter whether even a Women's Day achieves precious little to bring equality to the second sex. The issue is not the absence of recognition; it is the presence of someone else's recognition.

"Man represents both the positive and the neutral," observed Simone de Beauvoir, identifyin...