• According to the results of a study conducted by the Rating Group, an absolute majority of surveyed citizens do not support (91%) the idea of abolishing the March 8 holiday. Only 5% support it. Another 4% could not decide on this issue.
• 86% of respondents will celebrate March 8 this year, 14% will not.
  The least likely to celebrate March 8 are older people and pensioners (72%), residents of Western Ukraine (74%), supporters of Svoboda (74%), and rural residents (81%).
• The age-old question of whom men should congratulate first on March 8 produced the following results.
  In the opinion of 42% of women and 52% of men, men should first congratulate their wife or beloved woman.
  At the same time, 36% of women and 32% of men believe that the mother should be congratulated first, about 2% – the mother-in-law.
• At the same time, 18% of women and 12% of men believe that it does not matter whom men congratulate first on March 8.
• Thus, there are more men who would like to congratulate their wives first than women who want this themselves. Therefore, we can assume that wives place their mothers first in the “hierarchy of women” more often than men themselves, who are often accused of this.
• The tradition of congratulating one’s mother first is more typical of cities, residents of the North, and young people, while congratulating one’s wife or beloved woman first is more typical of residents of the Center and West and people of middle age.
• In the opinion of 46% of women and 41% of men, men should prepare breakfast on March 8.
  A quarter of both men and women believe that both the man and the woman together should prepare the festive breakfast.
• At the same time, for almost 20% of women and men it does not matter who prepares breakfast on March 8, and 9% of women and 13% of men believe that the woman should do it.
• 36% of men and only 23% of women believe that having sex on March 8 is a mandatory attribute of the holiday.
• At the same time, for 41% of women and only 31% of men, having sex on March 8 is not a mandatory attribute of the holiday.
  At least another third of respondents could not decide on this question.
• Thus, another study by the Sociological Group “Rating” confirmed that sex is more important for Ukrainian men than for women, especially on March 8! :))
• Most often, sex as a mandatory attribute of March 8 was indicated by respondents aged 30–39 (40%), 16–29 (38%), and 40–49 (30%).
• Supporters of Svoboda and UDAR most often supported “mandatory sex” on March 8, probably because these parties have many men and young people among their supporters.
  Least often – supporters of the Communist Party, the Party of Regions, the People’s Party, and Batkivshchyna, as well as “against all” and “undecided” respondents.
• The average amount women expect to receive as a gift on March 8 is 182 UAH.
  The maximum amount named by women was 4000 UAH.
• At the same time, the average amount men plan to spend on a gift for their beloved woman is almost 290 UAH, which is more than one and a half times more than women expect.
  The maximum amount named by men was 8000 UAH.
• 21% of women believe that their men will not buy anything for this holiday.
  At the same time, only 9% of men admitted that they will buy nothing.
• Almost another quarter of surveyed women and men did not answer this question.
• Thus, either women think very poorly of their men and their expectations are clearly understated, or, on the contrary, men are ready to impress their women more and grow in their eyes. We also cannot rule out the version that not all men’s gifts reach the “addressees” who expect them :))
• In any case, the study confirmed that men are ready for the holiday! And that is pleasing!
  Perhaps women should also prepare better for it, because men also have their own expectations (see above). Then the number of unexpected “addressees” will decrease, then deputies will not have to worry about low birth rates, and March 8 will become a shared holiday of the total victory of love and spring, and then every woman will receive an unexpected but desired gift!

Happy holiday to you, dear, beloved, and desired women!!!