Administrative Professionals Day: Difference between revisions

Some critics take an anti-consumerist stance and accuse the flower, card, and candy industries of [[Hallmark holiday|inventing the holiday]] for convenient sales between [[Easter]] and [[Mother's Day]], which is the second Sunday of May in the United States.<ref>Wade, Lisa (April 27, 2011). [https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/04/27/secretarys-day-and-social-control/ {{"'}}Secretary's Day' and Social Control"]. The Society Pages. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref><ref>Hanauer, Cindy (March 3, 2014). [http://theproducenews.com/more-floral-articles/floral/12438-administrative-professionals-day-stealth-holiday-for-floral-trade "Administrative Professionals Day: Stealth holiday for floral trade"]. ''The Produce News''. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref> It has also been argued that the traditional gifts of flowers and cards unintentionally mark the holiday and the administrative role as a gendered one, since these are typically feminine gifts, and that a specific day to celebrate administrative professionals isolates them from the rest of their workplace peers.<ref name="It's Time" />