To dislike it when men post on mumsnet?

Yes, it says so right at the top of the page.

A male parent may want a woman's take on questions they may have. Not all children have a mother around for various reasons.

@PoochiesPinkEars ,

‘Which would be tricky to administrate reliably, but those men who realise they are coming into our space and therefore women here might appreciate that could respectfully start a post with 'man here' or 'I'm a man'.... 😁’

Umm, I don’t know how long you have been on this site, but the majority of posters detest men who do this. As they say, it is like a loud man bursting into a room full of women and announcing his presence!

I would never do this as, on most threads, it is irrelevant. However, given my screen name, it certainly isn’t a secret.

But that advice and expertise will come from men just as women, that's the point.

I find the forum an interesting mix, but male and female bring things equally to the discussions. Maybe not equally as it seems men are a minority, but the gender/ sex is pretty irrelevant in most cases.

Hmm. I basically agree with you, OP. I've always assumed the 'by parents for parents' was MNHQ needing to avoid getting on the wrong side of equality rules, without actually changing the intention to have a predominantly women's site, so citing the tagine doesn't feel like a gotcha to me.

I do think there's a profound difference between a man coming on here to access advice on something for his family or relationship, and a man coming here as many of us do, to socialise, share experiences and be entertained. The former is reasonable and sensible, the latter comes over as creepy and intrusive. I don't know any men irl who would dream of hanging out on Mumsnet.

The kind of goader who doesn't want men posting is also the kind of person who doesn't want non-parents on here either.

Presumably because in their real life if they aren't talking about bubbas they're lost.

It doesn't bother me, men are entitled to their opinions.

Didn't take long for the NAMALT posts to start!

or the women who for some reason believe men to be a frail misunderstood and maligned demographic who need women to speak in their defence

Yep, the aforementioned dick pandering! I've never understood why some women do it. Men don't think better of you for doing it!

Presumably MN deleted your post as they describe the site as a ‘website for parents’ so aren’t that keen on you wanting to exclude part of their clientele or intended audience. It’s not very on brand.

but that's only your opinion.

I mean, I am sure "lots" of men are misogynists but a lot are not at all. Some men will even be a hell of a lot kinder than other women.

Some women are unbelievably nasty. Maybe they are not female, who knows, but I am sure at least some of the posters are, female.

Which would be tricky to administrate reliably, but those men who realise they are coming into our space and therefore women here might appreciate that could respectfully start a post with 'man here' or 'I'm a man'.... 😁

Non issue from my perspective. I think in reality any posters that have really bothered/concerned me have been women, usually those who can’t handle disappointments or conflict healthily and think going no contact is the answer to everything, appreciating for some it is absolutely justified.

Why have you name changed for this anyway?

where every day women are offered a plethora of free advice from other women who may have expertise in law, finance, DV, counselling or lived experience, advice that supports, motivates, changes (and sometimes even saves) lives;

How do you know they are all women giving the advice?
Is advice only worthwhile if it comes from a female lawyer?

Maybe the website ethos being "for parents, by parents" means you're a goady fucker.

Lots of people on MN that aren't Mum's

Why don't you moan about that too?

There have always been men on Mumsnet.

What's worse than men on MN is people whinging about men on MN.

See, this is the sort of nonsense that's irritates me. You can come on to a site where every day women are offered a plethora of free advice from other women who may have expertise in law, finance, DV, counselling or lived experience, advice that supports, motivates, changes (and sometimes even saves) lives; yet you're so fixated on and upset by some negativity towards men from some posters, that you won't even acknowledge that, and so discredit us all.

Before advising women not to come here, you should consider revisiting some of the threads and try looking at them without viewing through the lens of your own bias. Because for every 'man hater' there are countless balanced, helpful and informed posts.

Because lots of men are misogynists who have a deep hatred of women. Not all obviously. But it would help to put some of the comments here in perspective, especially when, for example, a woman is posting in distress due to mistreatment from the men in her life.

Woman here.
I like it, it's for everyone.
But then, I don't despise men and think they're all porn addicted cheating narcissists.
I have a brother, partner, dad and son.
I love them all and the slating blokes get on here just for existing is embarrassing and gives fodder to the many people that sneer about this site.
It's fine if them posting annoys someone, that's up to the annoyed party if they feel that way; but there are many more annoying women posting
(Head tilt, tinkly laugh and all that)

I do feel a bit off about it for some reason. I guess I see this as a safe space for women. I do wonder if some people are pretending to be women? I guess they have a right to be here, or more they can't exactly filter them out. I mean I don't have kids so maybe I shouldn't be on here either!

For all we know, "Sarah from Slingsby" who is shocked/ horrified/ repulsed by the idea of a man is a man taking the piss. Or a woman taking the piss because she things the man haters are funny. Or any combination and we'll never know because it's an anonymous forum.
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