Has there been an uptick of male posters on MN?

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Just something I’ve noticed recently. I know MN is not just for women (the About Us states it’s for parents, but I haven’t watched the video as it’s pretty long so maybe more is said there).

I was wondering how other women feel about this? And as for men, are you here to gain a perspective from a female-dominated space? Is there even an equivalent space for men?

OP, your English is excellent.

It's a decent reminder that this place is very public. There are men who post on threads, there are a lot more who just read.

Ever since the sex board was put up front and we saw what was going on in there. I'd definitely think twice about posting something sexual under a usual username. I also think opening up the sex board summoned some of them out onto the main boards.

I have no issues with men posting here.

The only thing that irritates me is if I have a disagreement with someone and they automatically say something like “you must be a man” simply because we have different opinions.

Fuck sake I can't even quote correctly today, me and my simple little female brain

Patronising as fuck.

Thanks for illustrating so nicely the reasons why women would prefer this to remain a female dominated site though, really, well done.

Keep up the good work!

(I'd really like to write "now seriously, fuck off" here but it would get deleted )

Prefer no men or at least for them it to be known.

@ErrolTheDragon

but so do many women & there as do many non sex/gender names too - mine included. (I'm female)

I don't know how (normal) men can 'win'
on here. If they announce they're men or the post is from a male pov they're wrong, if they don't they're in the wrong.

i like 'our' friends, the regular male posters but the MRA & mansplaining or creepy twats can get in the bin.

Mate, have you heard about advanced search on here? Your name chucks up all your posts about vaginas, sex kinks, pubic grooming and all sorts of other stuff. You’re the exact kind of disingenuous fucker that makes us roll our eyes in horror.

I’d bloody love it if there was some way of making this site women only.

not saying what they wrote is right or wrong but then this poster didnt start any of those threads even if they commented on them ?

Oh behave. Why the fuck does a man have any reason or place to have an opinion enough to post about vaginas? Just let women have their space for goodness sake.

because they too could have medical advice or is there not male doctor's etc ?

It appears Dr Fahbeep's specialty is burning hair off your perineum and anus.

Now you’re just being silly. As if a woman would go onto a mainly male forum and contribute to a conversation about testicles.

Not going to respond to you again. Don’t play with silly little boys.

rightly or wrongly mums net Hq have said the site is for all people, and again it is a democracy and a public forum i can respect your points i guess then its upto mumsnet to make a separate board for certain groups only etc

Same here. I've been getting a tad exasperated lately by a big increase in posts purporting to be by women, who all write in the same faux-authoritative style familiar to me from male posters on Reddit and coding forums.

They all manage, subtly or blatantly, to put down women sharing their feelings about something. Women's Feelings Are Wrong, automatically. You just know that, were you unfortunate enough to be in a pub with them, they'd be droning on, in a flat, almost expressionless but overbearing tone, about how and why somebody else was wrong.