to wish this was a woman only forum?

Really? Explain!

😂😂😂 and the wife’s just the most put upon woman you’ve ever met

omg - that could be lifted straight from Russell brand’s day in the life article!!

'When I'm not riding my bike, at golf, doing an ironman or at the gym, I'm a very engaged father. In fact, I'm so dedicated to being one, that I'm taking the time to write this directly before I try for my PB at park run. I consider myself a radical feminist and I can safely say that breast is best and know that my good wife would agree with me.'

😂😂, ‘actually, to offer a man’s perspective, I’ll think you’ll find…’

Haha, you must have.

'Manboobs here!'

I think some behaviour carries over.
My experience is that there are people who disagree and are able to explain why, putting forward a coherent counter argument. This is true in RL and on here.
Then there are those who disagree but either have no compelling argument or are unable to articulate it. Also true in RL and on here.
Men within this second group are more likely to mock their female opponent or (pretend to) find her amusingly stupid/naive. True in RL, so why not on here?

I completely agree. The men on this site almost 100% show themselves to be creeps anyway. Especially that weird post the other day where a mum was speaking to him and he thought she must want to shag him.

It’s kind of a boner killer tbh 😂🤭🤭

imagine waking in on your man in the bathroom, expecting the porn but really he’s losing an argument about breastfeeding with to a registered nurse

a man pops up saying "speaking as a man" or "from a blokes perspective"

I must have missed the posts like this!

Have you thought about starting your own women only forum instead of coming to a mixed sex one for parents and moaning you can’t have it your way?

I'm not sure that you can draw parallels between RL debate and online. Online has its own rules and patterns.

No, as far as I'm aware, people don't tend to argue that all women are kind and reasonable. I agree it is an accusation that tends to be thrown out when anyone suggests something is a male patterned behaviour.
My response was to PP who suggested I have idealistic view of women because I tend to think people posting in a specific objectionable style are men.
My assumption isn't based on any stereotypes that woman can't be 'unkind', rather that I have observed sex based patterns in RL debate and that it would be reasonable to believe they may be reflected in debate on here.

Whenever I see a man commenting I always thing, "Why are you on Mumsnet?"

This is it. I probably sound like a 'not all men' but I am actually more of an equal oppurtunities misanthrope. Yes, men are on average far more violent and cause more of certain of societies problems, but the idea that some women seem to have that a world without them would be a utopia is sorely mistaken.

Has anyone ever suggested this though, that ALL women are kind and reasonable? There appears to be a habit when any thread wanting to discuss male issues, like how as a sex class they are more problematic, some posters manage to equate this to stating that ALL woman don’t cause problems, ‘women do it too’, when it’s not. At all. It’s mental.

The suffering I endured in my youth due to my misplaced feminist belief that all women are kind and allies 😂😂. Never again!

I will never ever be a ‘not all men’ but agree with that not all women are kind 😭

It used to be women only. I would guess for the first ten years. The clue is in the name, isn't it? I don't have a problem with a Dads' topic but in the past few years they've spread everywhere. A low point for me was when someone came on complaining about "you women".
I have a gay male friend who loves the intelligent political discussion on here. So it's our own fault! But seriously, I have no problem with that. The problem comes, as a PP said, when women want advice on breastfeeding etc without men giving their two hap'oth.

I completely agree. To suggest all woman are kind and reasonable is as problematic from a feminist perspective as a more negative stereotype. As it serves only to result in far harsher judgment of those of us who don't wish to be 'kind' or conform to other peoples ideas of 'reasonable'.

You can't with 100% accuracy, no. Studies show the accuracy of those who know enough about the subject to understand the differences to be around 75%.

I get you, and I have no doubt that some of the people you mention are male. However, it won't be all of them. Personally I am not so much a NAMALT as a 'not all women are kind and reasonable'.

Well your fears are misplaced. Noting patterns of objectionable male behaviour isn't at all the same thing as idealising women.

Absolutely. That is clear on any social media forum where you can see who's posting. Liberal use of mockery and emojis by both sexes. I sometimes think Mumsnetters live on another planet where women are all kind and respectful and never belittle others. It isn't even the negative view of men I object to so much as the overly rosy view of women. Just look at the Trump administration, some of its most toxic mouthpieces are women.

I’ve been accused of being a man on here, purely because I disagreed with something. Rather than accept that women are not a homogeneous blob, they assumed I must be a man.

😂😂😂

Lol!! No, I'm a woman although I'm sure some people don't believe that. I could post photographic evidence, but I fear it might be frowned upon......