Many urban Chinese females who were born in the early 1990s do not show much enthusiasm for International Women's Day, an occasion marked on March 8 to celebrate women's achievements.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the day in China. Yet it seems to have little influence on the pampered generation of females born when China's economy started to bloom. Referred to as the "post-90s," this generation is comprised of young adults who are no older than 20.

According to a survey conducted by the Yangtze Evening News, a majority of post-90s university students believe that Women's Day is set for married women and is irrelevant to them.

The Wuhan Evening News reported that about 75 percent of the male university students in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, have sent blessings to their female friends on this day. But 60 percent of the females who received the messages disliked the greetings, as they are referred to as "women."

"I'm only 20 years old, I'm not a woman," said Li Fen, a sophomore at Huazhong Normal University.

March 8 also has a negative connotation in its abbreviated form in Chinese. Known as "San Ba" (literally, "three-eight," for the month-date), this word in Chinese also means someone who loves idle gossip. To avoid the embarrassment of being greeted with, "Happy San Ba," some of the post-90s have chosen March 7 as an alternative, naming it "Girls' Day." Celebration of this day is popular on campus with "girls," who volunteered their time at kindergartens, visited breast cancer patients, or raised money for schools.