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I'm going back to lurking

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mancheeze · 29/06/2018 20:57

I've had many of my comments erased by MN lately and I feel this place isn't really welcoming to women.

I'm a long time radical feminist who had the audacity to name 'men' and 'man' on this board, which resulted in me being quickly flagged and censored.

I find it really pathetic that men can come in here and stir up all kinds of shit and then if named, women get censored.

This is the FEMINISM section of MN or so I thought.

If I going to be continually erased, like I have been the last few days, then I'm out.

MN is not the place for long time feminists, on a feminism board, it seems.

I came here b/c I knew the UK women were doing a great job confronting male entitlement and male control of women's spaces and also confronting the questions around transing children.

I've lurked a while under other accounts and then recently decided to become a more regular poster, visiting daily.

If I can't name the oppression, there's no point.

Thanks for being on the front lines UK women. You're doing excellent work. Keep going.

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Mxyzptlk · 29/06/2018 21:34

Don't let them push you out.
There are ways to say things that still get the message across.

Singlenotsingle · 29/06/2018 21:19

Don't go Man. I'm fairly new to MN and to feminism, but I've had my eyes opened and am learning a lot! Can't afford to lose good teachers though.

FireFartingDuck · 29/06/2018 21:15

Been held to impossible standards all my life. I'll be jiggered if I'm going to be driven away by someone else having a go. I am a woman who has been through a number of difficult pregnancies, faced the loss of children, come through MH challenges, cultish abuse and plenty of other day to day shite that so many women face.
I will not lie - I will not say the things that I am required to by those who cannot be named - but if I need to amend my language so that the knowledge of physical reality is not lost under a sea of make believe, I will play the long game.
Women's and girl's rights are the bottom line here. I know where my loyalties lie.

LastGirlOnTheLeft · 29/06/2018 21:05

Man I am with you! The new shitty guidelines could not have made it any clearer that MUMSNET views males with more regard than women!!

It is utterly disgusting! The feminist board regulars are held to a different standard than the other posters...this isn't right! Possibly even open to class action.

smashyourglasses · 29/06/2018 21:03

@MNHQ.. better sort your shit out.

busyboysmum · 29/06/2018 21:02

Me too but I'm stepping up the activism in real life by way of compensation.

What has happened here has made me realise how important it is that we continue to speak out.

TellsEveryoneRealFacts · 29/06/2018 21:01

The irony that men cannot be named on a feminist board.

Sorry to see you go...hope you have a change of heart.

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