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LittleMi55Nobody · 2025-09-05T15:40:26+00:00

ladies..just wondering..are you fed up of men posting on mumsnet..why don't they start their own "dadsnet/mansnet" group..im getting fed up of obvious "male" comments undermining our woman issues....quite honestly id like them to fuck off cos im not interested in their opinons on womanship

Didimum · 05/09/2025 21:39

The level of denial by some on here on who this website is ‘for’ is truly weird.

Mumsnet didn’t appear from the ether cosmically bestowed on those with a vagina.

It’s a commercial enterprise and is for whoever its creators say it’s for.

BluePearOntheRocks · 05/09/2025 21:39

Dailyncwympo · 05/09/2025 21:08

Yep, loathe them and hate that there are so many on here.

loathe what? men? just because they're men? why?

whenimnotcleaningwindows · 05/09/2025 21:31

It's hard to know which are AI, trolls or just men being men sometimes.
Often they can be useful but you can tell when they weigh in on threads with "why did she not just say no?" or "she did it for the money" it's a man. I do try to ignore on the whole but now and then I'll bite especially when I'm due on 'cos of them hormones, innit 😉

AgentPidge · 05/09/2025 21:28

TheNightingalesStarling · 05/09/2025 17:02

Mumsnet has never claimed to be a female only space. Men have always posted on here. It is foremost a parenting website.

I think at the beginning it was only for mums. A space for women to discuss issues pertaining to women. Certainly when I was first on here there weren't any men. At least, we didn't know they were, if they were. I think men are attracted to MN by the intelligent discussion.

Dailyncwympo · 05/09/2025 21:08

Yep, loathe them and hate that there are so many on here.

TinyTempest · 05/09/2025 21:07

Only this morning I and a few posters on the LGBT parents topic reported a poster called Blaze5shine for sending pervy messages and spamming the boards, asking to meet up with other lesbian mothers.

They said they're female but again, who knows? 🤷‍♂️

AromanticSpices · 05/09/2025 20:47

TruckDiver · 05/09/2025 20:27

Not keen on male posters, it's' always obvious who's not female.

How can you possibly know that? The ones you notice may be obvious, but if a male person is pretending to be female and succeeding at it, then you won't notice, will you?

These posts always drive me to despair. There's no way of verifying anyone's guesses or suspicions either way.

It's unlikely anyone would lie or assume whatever tone they think the opposite sex would use in order to keep up a fake persona, but it could happen.

I'm fairly sure that MRA types are usually men, but I can't be certain.

If a woman wanted to wind up and provoke a long thread they could do it by posting MRA/ incel nonsense. (Among other ways, obviously! )

That's why I try to respond to the content of the post rather than what I imagine the poster's character or demographic is.

Luckily I've never had a pervy PM and I would hope any perpetrators are kicked off the site.

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 20:43

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:37

One pervy PM is one too many. The men who think they can just send their disgusting PMs to women on here can fuck off.

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I agree with you,I was taken aback at getting a pm and iirc it was a benign topic nothing remotely sexual.

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:37

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 20:28

I've had a pm when I used the name joylovejoyinorbit.
I rebuffed his advances for my username is a Northern soul record and I'm male.
I've been on MN for about five years I don't feel the need to announce I'm a male nor do I pretend to be female.I mention my Dw where applicable.
There are creepy posts lately night I've reported a fair few and I've no interest in sex board.

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One pervy PM is one too many. The men who think they can just send their disgusting PMs to women on here can fuck off.

Didimum · 05/09/2025 20:37

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:22

Do women send you pervy Pms on AIBU? I doubt it.

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I didn’t say they did? Irrelevant to my comment.

GreenFlag · 05/09/2025 20:33

Why don’t you start your own forum for women only OP?

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:29

I just ignore the men on here and it's usually pretty obvious which users are men. Even the ones pretending to be women so they can discuss womens knickers and big tits.

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 20:28

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:14

The men who use the sex topic for wank fodder and send pervy PMs to any woman who posts on there, have made that topic completely unusable for any woman who has a genuine problem regarding sex.

So men on MN are a problem.

I've had a pm when I used the name joylovejoyinorbit.
I rebuffed his advances for my username is a Northern soul record and I'm male.
I've been on MN for about five years I don't feel the need to announce I'm a male nor do I pretend to be female.I mention my Dw where applicable.
There are creepy posts lately night I've reported a fair few and I've no interest in sex board.

TruckDiver · 05/09/2025 20:27

Not keen on male posters, it's' always obvious who's not female.

How can you possibly know that? The ones you notice may be obvious, but if a male person is pretending to be female and succeeding at it, then you won't notice, will you?

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 05/09/2025 20:23

narcASD · 05/09/2025 20:08

I find it very cringy, it would put me off my husband if I found out he was mumsnetting 😖

Well exactly. Who would be attracted to any man who wants to learn more about being a parent?

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:22

Didimum · 05/09/2025 20:17

I’d comment that AIBU is rapidly becoming highly unpleasant to use due to the behaviour of women users also.

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Do women send you pervy Pms on AIBU? I doubt it.

BluePearOntheRocks · 05/09/2025 20:17

Zov · 05/09/2025 20:03

Whataboutery................

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don't worry, we know you can't answer the question, just proving that your point is wrong.

Didimum · 05/09/2025 20:17

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:14

The men who use the sex topic for wank fodder and send pervy PMs to any woman who posts on there, have made that topic completely unusable for any woman who has a genuine problem regarding sex.

So men on MN are a problem.

I’d comment that AIBU is rapidly becoming highly unpleasant to use due to the behaviour of women users also.

Didimum · 05/09/2025 20:15

narcASD · 05/09/2025 20:08

I find it very cringy, it would put me off my husband if I found out he was mumsnetting 😖

In what manner?

For advice on your children? (If you have any?)

For support on an issue is he emotionally struggling with?

For entertaining value?

All of the above?

EchoedSilence · 05/09/2025 20:14

The men who use the sex topic for wank fodder and send pervy PMs to any woman who posts on there, have made that topic completely unusable for any woman who has a genuine problem regarding sex.

So men on MN are a problem.

LadeOde · 05/09/2025 20:09

How do we know who is male and who is female on a forum? how do we know you're not a man @OP ? also it seems anyone who doesn't say what you like is automatically a 'man', all this 'you can tell', no, actually you can't. People can be anyone they want to be online; that's the beauty of it.

tuvamoodyson · 05/09/2025 20:08

No, doesn’t bother me in the least.

narcASD · 05/09/2025 20:08

I find it very cringy, it would put me off my husband if I found out he was mumsnetting 😖

Zov · 05/09/2025 20:03

BluePearOntheRocks · 05/09/2025 19:55

you can't answer the question basically.

It's called MUMsnet, so is only for MUMs - that's the argument. Interesting point.
No child-free midwife, no aunt, no sister...

If you have a fur baby, you are mum too I suppose? 😂

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Whataboutery................

outofdate · 05/09/2025 20:03

Men yes. Men who want to be/ think they’re women no.
But my last post objecting to these mansplainers was deleted so🤷‍♀️