Men using Mumsnet

I wouldn't worry about it. If you look hard enough you'll see there are MNetters who hate...

Parents
Non-parents
Dogs
Cats
Men
Women
ND people
NT people
Tories
Labour
Katie Price
Fat people
Slim people

Just think of something...anything at all and you'll find hatred of it here 🤣🤣

A huge pinch of salt is required.

...or even just the men who have no intention of ever being a mum...

Anyone else disappointed the OP didn't explain what she meant about gay posters?

I'm still baffled.

Yes, to do that specific thing is absolutely awful.

A bit like when someone is in pieces over their abusive husband and some twat pipes up with, "This has just reminded me why I love being single".

If we are banning men, I'd also like to ban the hard left wing, blue haired, tattoo brigade who have no intention of ever being a Mum.

We promote our site as being "by parents, for parents" and we'd very much hope that included parents of both genders and of all ages

Fuck me, as a non-parent I've never felt less welcome on here!

What about right wing, no tattoos, brown haired brigade who have no intention of ever being a mum

We promote our site as being "by parents, for parents" and we'd very much hope that included parents of both genders and of all ages.

Genders? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Oh @LilyMumsnet

I don’t care if men are on mumsnet, but it does annoy me that they’ve made the sex topic unusable for a lot of female posters. Many of those men seem to trawl for any posts mentioning sex on other boards too. They need to fuck off.

Men posting respectfully, not mansplaining, not being pervs...all good.

are you not understanding the point here? Women can be utterly vile too.

I have zero regard for the women who come on here, read some really harrowing post about an utterly vile "D"H and defend him because he's a man. There is a term for that and I'm not worried about using it. And sure, that makes me - sometimes - a mean girl. I can live with it because those women deserve the criticism. Handmaidens is a very shorthand way to describe it. Like Terf, GC, mansplaining or many other terms that have longer explanations that i CBA to write in full

If we are banning men, I'd also like to ban the hard left wing, blue haired, tattoo brigade who have no intention of ever being a Mum.

I'm disgusted at the pencil sharpener enthusiasts already trying to derail this thread and make it all about themselves. This forum is called MUMSnet - why can't they go and post on PerfectlyPointyPencilsNet instead?!

This topic comes up soooo very regularly. It's ironic, really, because it's basically somebody coming on and saying "This is OUR club and WE don't want xxxx people allowed into it" - but if they hadn't just come along and joined the 'club' themselves, they would be fully acquainted with many of the previous 435,376,902 threads dealing with the exact same thing.

Imagine being a newbie joining a 'club' and assuming that ANY characteristic that you have gives you the right to denounce and seek to eject other long-standing 'members' who happen to not share that characteristic. Isn't that exactly the kind of bullish takeover behaviour that, erm, men on MN are routinely assumed to all display by certain posters?

I'm impressed by all the self-professing psychics who claim to be able to 'always know' when a man posts, because of the arrogant, self-important, domineering way that a minority of (self-identified) men on here behave. What you're basically saying is that "It's ALWAYS obvious, except for the very many times when it isn't", which doesn't sound like the most robust scientific conclusion to reach. Moreover, even if this site did seek and find a foolproof way to eliminate all male posters, if you think that would mean an end to all arrogant, self-important, domineering posters on MN, I have some magic beans to sell you for a today-only bargain price.

And as a parent, I'd like to stick up for the non-parents on here, who seem to also regularly cop for criticism as to how a non-parent could possibly have a 'valid' opinion on Eastenders, decorating, dogs, holidays, cars, property renovations, family disagreements, bill-splitting disputes, Christmas, neighbourhood parking wars, cost of living, music, energy suppliers, M&S returns policy, biscuits, technology, fashion, books, horses, carpets........... and all of these other things that only a mum (and possibly the occasional dad, if we're being condescendingly kind) could remotely know anything about...

nah - Handmaidens is an actual term to describe an actual behaviour that is displayed that needs a whole paragraph.

Those women who come on here and simper and excuse the cunty men can do one as far as i'm concerned. And if they don't being like called Handmaidens they can stop doing that.

Karen i agree with you because that is used against women asserting their rights in exactly the way a man would. Handmaidens are excusing bad behaviour against their own sex class.

Then you're not 'childfree' as this is used to describe women who made the conscious decision to choose not to have children rather than those who wanted them but can't have them.

In what way is it offensive to state that I'd rather receive parenting advice from people who have actual experience in parenting? As I said before nobody cares about CF people being on the site generally but if I'm using the parenting board to ask for advice regarding weaning, bedtime routine, use of screen time etc then I'm really not interested in hearing about what a CF thinks.

For pretty much the same reasons I don't seek advice about how to care for my eyes from a gynecologist. You're not owed my time when I simply don't think you can offer me meaningful advice.