As a man, should I post on MN

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Nursie!

Which one was Bernard ? God it's ages since I've seen blackadder .

I'd though maybe it was that you wanted to emulate Bernard from Black Adder.

I never even thought about my name , that quite funny that I've been mislabelled a man because I was defending a man's right to post .

Errrm despite my name I am actually a woman 😂. I chose it after seeing a fb post about a dog called Bernard . I'm a 51 year old female , born female , remain. Female , always have been and always will be , I still think of this as a parents for parents site not a women for women site but I was here when it was all fields round here . When it had like 100k users , not 8 mill.

@ErrolTheDragon - I think that can be true of some threads regardless of the gender of the poster. And some posters can be quite nasty.

Hence I stillthink that any man seeking a woman's pont of view as opposed to wishing to mansplain should be welcomed.

Though quite a lot of threads which are ostensibly doing that end up with the bloke flouncing if he doesn't get the answers he wants, IME.

I accept it too. But I do find the sycophantic pandering to males on here quite sick making. As I said before, if a woman had posted for reassurance/compliments she would have had her arse handed to her.

But it's interesting to hear men admitting to lying and pretending to be women on here. Like, we knew it, but good to have it confirmed. Especially when you get the victim blaming comments and MRA comments on sensitive threads, I'm now much more likely to think those are some of these lying men.

I welcome men here who are with us because they are seeking a female perspective on things.

I did say 'some', CurlewKate !

@ErrolTheDragon "seems like some posters can't accept this with a modicum of good grace."

I can and do accept it. I reserve my right to say I wish it was different. I see no reason why I should be abused by posters like @bemorebernard for that position. And for thinking that women who behave like teenagers in the presence of a man "oh you're soooo funny! You should write a book!" "The male viewpoint is soooo important" "We need diversity!!" as if women are a homogeneous mass are a little....tedious.

Giggle sounds interesting.

I think the OP's question was to pose the question should men post.

Rightly or wrongly, some women on this site are going to assume that it's for women and I can't see that change. Despite a mealy mouthed mission statement.

Therefore this discussion will rumble on (until Giggle gets going and then MN will become less relevant).

Giggle is going to be all women, using facial recognition.
MRA’s are already desperately campaigning against it being allowed though.

What I wonder is why, after MNHQ have clarified the position and the vote came out as something like twice as many ok with the OP posting as not, that it seems like some posters can't accept this with a modicum of good grace.

And to be clear, I'd be delighted if there was a site similar to MN which was intended to be just for women and could somehow manage to achieve that - it'd have to be different from the start, not anonymous, with some robust means of verification.

If you feel that way, I wonder why you keep posting here.

I don't think it's actually compulsory to read or post on MN...

This. It’s actually kind of sociologically interesting, in a depressing sort of way — if you’re used to male privilege in RL, I suppose you need to try to replicate it in online scenarios where you’re just mucking in with the women, by faux-humble self-annnouncements.

How can we little ladies bow down to their pround words of wisdom if they don't annouce it first.

@5128gap hear hear.

This is the internet. Anyone can post anywhere. Everyone knows that there is male presence on this site, and no-one's posting in the expectation that their posts will be read exclusively by women, by mothers, or by any other category of people. But the posters that announce themselves like:

"Male opinion"
"Hello, man here"
"I am a male poster..."

Oh my God, stop. Just post, or don't.

Oh right…. Is someone holding a gun to your head whilst you log in and post or something?

Actually this just shows
Something about what mm us become .
It's discriminatory.
It's hostile .
It's up it's own arse now due to the demographic
It's nasty
It's not inclusive at all .

I'm a woman . And ashamed of this pathetic thread .

This is never been a women's only
Space .

There used to
Be several male members . All welcome . Piglet John ? Really
Helpful plumber ? Anyone ?

What the fuck is up with this site these days ? It's for PARENTS .

You can't police the internet and claim a parenting site as a female space!

God does ANYONE have a recommendation for a normal bloody parenting forum please ?
Like "raising kids " used to be ?

haha im not buying that
by your logic, you could've called it dadsnet too because it doesn't matter right?
but you didnt because you knew that the main users would be women
this is male pandering 101

This.

haha im not buying that
by your logic, you could've called it dadsnet too because it doesn't matter right?
but you didnt because you knew that the main users would be women
this is male pandering 101