The name “mumsnet”

Perfect

I think that we are like Miss Marple. Nobody expects anything of us so we can fly under the radar.

I like that fact that we get to organise ourselves in relative peace while the misogynists are busy scoffing at us.

That is the ball they dropped, when promoting their agenda.

It also makes me chuckle if we’re described as man-haters, when clearly many of us like men well enough to procreate with them, and presumably around half of those who have will have sons.

I think that mumsnet is the real misogyny test. You can tell a hell of a lot about a person by their reaction to a mention of mumsnet.

AssignedPuuurfectAtBirth I think you're absolutely right.

I like that fact that we get to organise ourselves in relative peace while the misogynists are busy scoffing at us.

To quote CisPinkHoodie - "More fool them".

You can tell a hell of a lot about a person by their reaction to a mention of mumsnet.

You can.

It’s magic. Lots of people underestimate us because of it. Fools.

I think that mumsnet is the real misogyny test.

You can tell a hell of a lot about a person by their reaction to a mention of mumsnet.

Ha yes! I thought when I saw your thread title I was going to disagree with you. I think the name is great.

There’s something wonderful about the idea that a radical feminist revival had space to grow because people couldn’t take something called Mumsnet seriously 

My sisters are NetHuns - they think mumsnet is too rough and sweary!

I must admit, I didn't swear really at all before mumsnet. I still don't swear in person, but anonymously in text I think it's useful to convey depth of feeling!

Some friends of mine take the piss that I use this forum.
More fool them

I think that for people who're not raging misogynists the name has a psychological impact that they may not even be aware of. Who do you trust most in the whole world, if you had a decent childhood? Your mum. To borrow a turn of phrase from Clive Barker (author of an unexpectedly great children's book), who's the first person in the world who you ever love (you being almost everyone)?

To anyone who's not a misogynist "those mums are evil bigots who want people to die!" just sounds a bit absurd, really.

I think the Malaysian aircraft going down was when I first realized that I didn't trust or value the Guardian, BBC or Twitter, I trusted you vipers. When StatisticallyChallenged called the referendum before the news outlets and I went to bed because this place is better. When I was an 'ally' unthinkingly and needed you lot to school me...

Intelligent, reasoned, funny and insightful. Mums. And other women.

Omg TIMo, I hate people who say that! LOL.

the hand that rocks the cradle...

It started as a cutesy name which developed far beyond its origins and now carries real power.

As TheFootOfMyStairs points out, we all have a mum.

Sometimes the truth is great. And in this case, undeniable.

• And funny women! How could I forget the sense of humour here?

Yes I love it. There has been a fair amount of criticism over the years I've been here (from, surprise surprise, men's rights activists) over the name "Mum" with the tagline 'by parents for parents' - but I have always loved that we have this female-dominated little corner of the internet.

It's funny, we are so underestimated - just "mums" (ha! not everyone here is a mum, and mums are not stupid just because they're women or mums) - yet have such political clout I remember the response to the party leaders doing web chats here at election time.

The thing that draws me here is that it's a meeting place for absolutely brilliant, eloquent, intelligent, knowledgeable women - so much shared experience among us. For every "penis beaker" thread - there's 3 threads with intelligent debate.

There’s something wonderful about the idea that a radical feminist revival had space to grow because people couldn’t take something called Mumsnet seriously

I love the name. It is so unabashed

Yes - I like how it tests people's attitudes by immediately showing up who's a woman-hater and who thinks "mum" means "insipid, brainless irrelevance". It's like the phrase: "What's this? A mothers' meeting?" spoken when encountering two or more women in discussion.

I found Mumsnet when I had a miscarriage in 2010 and spent a whole week immersed in Talk. It opened my eyes.

I love the name. It is so unabashed

I'm not a mum and never wanted to be.
I must admit I never expected to find myself on MN, but when I discovered the FWR boards I knew I'd come to the right place.
Now I'm proud to be part of what feels like one of the only places online where women can freely discuss the current attacks on the rights of women and girls and how we can try to stop them.
Thank fuck for MN.