A TWITTER firestorm has been sparked by International Men's Day becoming a trending topic on the social media site – despite today being the official International Women's Day.

The website has been flooded with angry tweets from men asking why there isn't an International Men's Day, even though it's existed for decades.

#skynews could u let me know the date of international men’s day is that not sexist — Dyka Watson (@dykawatson50) March 8, 2018

When is International Men’s Day? #InternationalWomenDay 🙄 — Dan Burridge (@St_Burridge) March 8, 2018

If there was a international men day it would be sexist — KyleFoad (@KyleFoad) March 8, 2018

I can’t quite understand why there is no international men’s day??? — George O'Neill (@goneill94) March 8, 2018

Why is there an international women's day and not an international men's day? :thinking: — Hossam Negm (@hossamnegm98) March 8, 2018

March 8 is reserved each year to celebrate the successes of women around the world, and to help promote gender equality.

But there's also an International Men's Day, which falls later in the year – on November 19.

Unsurprisingly, there are lots of reports – which The Sun has verified – that show International Men's Day trending on Twitter in the UK.

That's led to a flurry of complaints about "tedious and boring" men who keep asking when International Men's Day is.

Why we need feminism:



International men’s day is trending on #IWD2018 pic.twitter.com/ftbVljSYWy — Lydia Firth 🌻 (@lydia_firth) March 8, 2018

Once again, for all the whiny man babies, who insist on screeching “whataboutthemen” on every post and article written about IWD:



International men’s day is on November 19th.



You’re welcome. — Scandi *wash your hands* Bogan (@1azylizzie) March 8, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: People (men) who ask 'when is International Men's Day' like they're super original and funny found to be just as tedious and boring in all other aspects of daily life #InternationalWomensDay #internationalwomensday2018 — Cross Reference (@Cross_Reference) March 8, 2018

How do Twitter Trends work? Here's what you need to know... Twitter Trends highlight popular words, phrases or hashtags that are being widely used

They're decided by an algorith, and are tailored to you based on who you follow, your interests and your location

It only shows topics that are popular right now, rather than ones that have been popular for a while

You can find Trends listed under the Trends section of the Explore tab on mobile

If you're on a desktop or laptop computer, they'll be listed in the Home timeline, Notifications, search results and profile pages

Twitter doesn't choose what's trending, although it can stop certain content from trending

Banned trends include profanity or adult references, incite hate on the basis of things like race, sexual orientation or gender, or violate Twitter's rules

Some Twitter users even queried whether men even need a dedicated day:

For any men who feel left out on #InternationalWomensDay remember you only have to wait until tomorrow and it'll be International Men's day. And the day after that and the day after that and the day after that and the day after that and the day after that and so on — Ed Poole (@edwardpoole1975) March 8, 2018

While other guys seem genuinely confused about whether their own version of International Women's Day exists:

And others have questioned whether the bulk of tweets are people asking about International Men's Day – or if it's trending thanks to people complaining about the whole fiasco:

I will say it is slightly amusing that International Men's Day is trending and the thread itself is full of women complaining that it is trending using the phrases that help it to trend. Never change Twitter. — The Written Ward (@WrittenWard) March 8, 2018

It's also worth checking out Twitter legend Richard Herring, who spends every International Women's Day going through and quote-tweeting people who ask when International Men's Day is with the date.

The first International Women's Day was actually held back in 1909, but only started being held on March 8 in 1910.

When women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.

The day was generally only celebrated by communist countries for decades, but was eventually adopted by the United Nations in 1975.

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International Men's Day was first held in 1992, and is now celebrated in over 70 countries across the world.

Did you realise there was an International Men's Day? Do you think men need a special day? Let us know in the comments.

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