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Deleted for calling someone out on gender stereotyping

137 replies

Feenie · 06/04/2018 11:16

Absolutely appalled. I called a poster out for posting the worst kind of gender stereotyping bollocks (possibly exact words) and was deleted.

Wtaf?

I didn't contravene any guidelines, unless we 're adding swearing now. I merely said that the post was 'a load of gender stereotyping bollocks'. Which it was. That was it. Which guidelines does that contravene? I'm very happy to be deleted if required, but come on!

OP posts:
TerfsUp · 07/04/2018 08:35

I agree with you, Feenie. Your post struck me as playing the ball, not the player.

MN, would it be possible to re-consider the deletion? Thank you.

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 07/04/2018 08:29

MNHQ will just wait for the thread to die out, it's what they normally do.

CrochetBelle · 07/04/2018 08:08

Are MNHQ going to come back to this, or is it a case of 'I'm the parent and I've spoken' and won't discuss it with us 'children' anymore?

What a load of bollocks.

PalePinkSwan · 07/04/2018 07:59

Thanks for posting the link. I’ve just reported the “sadly you have a boy” post on the grounds that it is gender stereotyping bollocks and shouldn’t be allowed on mumsnet. Will see if I get a response.

I really wonder if MNHQ are getting sucked into the whole trans debacle - seems like Feenie got deleted for attacking gender stereotyping, which I know has happened on a lot of other social media boards when trans activists have got involved.

Lweji · 07/04/2018 07:01
Hmm

Are all the posts saying amber necklaces for teething is bollocks going to be deleted too? (Other thread)

Surely we are allowed to call bollocks when we see them.

user789653241 · 07/04/2018 06:55

@WorraLiberty

I think it's already a tit for tat reporting by the poster who reported Feenie. Her/his former post was challenged by many current teachers. Feenie was one of them, I believe. And unluckily, she was an only teacher challenging the poster on the thread. I just wish MNHQ has seen the bigger picture, rather than deleting the post from one of the most respected teacher on primary board, who has always been helpful to many parents who need help.

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 07/04/2018 05:50

This is why we need actual rules from you now HQ, or at least update those "guidelines".

Original poster
Feenie · 07/04/2018 01:33

Still baffled by the whole debacle Confused

OP posts:
TittyGolightly · 07/04/2018 00:06

Is the politically correct term now “lady bollocks”, I wonder? 🤔

WorraLiberty · 06/04/2018 23:59

Having read the thread now, I can't understand the deletion at all.

But also, it's a bit worrying that MNHQ appear to have gone against their own policy, of not letting members know who reported them.

Surely that sort of thing will encourage tit for tat reporting?

I'm not saying for a second that the OP would do that btw, but am I wrong in thinking MNHQ have always maintained that reporting is anonymous? Confused

Mookatron · 06/04/2018 23:08

'A bit much' used to be 'beyond the pale' when it was all a bit posher/more boarding schooly round here.

shakeyourcaboose · 06/04/2018 22:54

And yes smeaton much more in the fruity spirit!

shakeyourcaboose · 06/04/2018 22:53

Oh do fruit off to the far side of the orchard, and then fruit off some more!

MarvelleGazelle · 06/04/2018 22:51

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

CoteDAzur · 06/04/2018 22:37

"so fruit off, fruiter."

Grin
DancingLedge · 06/04/2018 22:35

Oh, and it is gender stereotyping bollocks. That kind of dash through the reading of a text is not done by lots of boys, and is done by lots of girls. So, yeah, bollocks.As gender( or do we mean sexGrin) stereotyping always is.

yawning801 · 06/04/2018 22:35

Smeaton You crack me up so pomegranating much! Grin

TERFragetteCity · 06/04/2018 22:34

I got deleted for saying men cannot change into women, women cannot change into men and if that upsets people, then so be it...life is indeed about dealing with upset.

DancingLedge · 06/04/2018 22:32

Okay, re- read thread, thanks.

Now this is making even less sense, MNHQ, because that exact phrase is repeated in a later post, without deletion.

PeaWet · 06/04/2018 22:32

"not in the spirit of MN" = excuse used by mumsnetHQ for haphazard moderation decisions.

Smeaton · 06/04/2018 22:29

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

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yawning801 · 06/04/2018 22:26

The fact that your challenging of gender stereotypes was deleted is, to be honest, a load of nonsensical bollocks.

Am I going to be deleted for that now? We shall see...

ForgetMeNotCat · 06/04/2018 22:24

It's on primary ed about comprehension/11+

DancingLedge · 06/04/2018 22:19

I guess it's hard to be absolutely sure without the whole context of the thread.

Post a link?

" What a load of gender stereotyping bollocks". ... that seems almost a splendid embodiment of the MN spirit.

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