to think men seem to have taken to MN in their droves recently......and I don't like it

[LadyBlaBlah]

Every thread I go on, there are men putting forward their opinion

I have enough of men in RL. AIBU thinking they should bog off to DN or go play the X Box or something?

The stunted, withered, miserable little Y chromosome? I don't think we can brag about those

Mymblesson, I think the word you wanted was streamlined.

GPWM

Oh and anyone who likes the Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance is all right by me

men?i like men.lots of men.just not all at once mind

if you only want lassies only and women's business go bang on about how hard done you are elsewhere (try style and beauty no one goes there)

ps sucking up and brown nosing the regular guys is obsequious

Truck - you are a bloke thought aren't you?

Style & Beauty?

I'd love to help out more often in there but am frightened of spreading myself too thin.

those frumps need you gok spread the lurve

I wouldn't rely on turkey basters ShriekingHarpy. One bit of accidental turkey DNA might mean your child has feathers and a beak. Not to mention that weird wobbly face stuff they have going on.

snorbs - retiredgoth did indeed get waylaid by A Woman - oddly enough, someone I know; a very peculiar circumstance (the joys of FB!).

Y chromosome = X chromosome with one leg missing.

Men and women are pretty similar. I think the problem is that the two sexes don't mix enough so when they're together they can't get over the differences.
I visited a nursery where one of the staff said that it would be great to have a man working for them. When I pointed out there was a man working behind her she said "He doesn't count. That's just Barry". She had got so used to working with him that he had ceased to be 'The Man' and became a person.
Think of people as people rather than of a sex.

X chromosome = Y chromosome. It's just that the Y chromosome has it's legs together.

I had to look up obsequious.

ShriekingHarpy, please don't tell dh: it might make him less efficient in the daily running of the household and I need him for that so I can mumsnet!

If Mumsnet were ever to be a "safe space", we'd need to turf half the female posters off.

I'm with you, LadyBlaBlah. I moved to mumsnet recently specifically because I wanted a man-free space. Was fed up of sexist, leering and stalking comments on other sites, and men dominating all the political discussions with patronising'I know best' shtick.

So, whilst beenbeta, say, is someone whose point of view I respect and whom I have no remote objection to, having discovered here he's a man I wish I'd come across him on another site - I'd like to have a little bit of the online world free of men, with loud shouty voices.

It may shock you but we don't all hate men or dhs. My dh is not on mumsnet but he does often look over my shoulder when I was asking about cs etc.

Most men here are fine and most women here are fine - some are annoying (both sexes).

I've always been pleased that, unlike Other Parenting Forums, MN was one where all the wimmin didn't get all shrieky and, well, girly whenever a bloke dared appear.

granted - but you didnt know I was a man up until this thread and it didnt matter then so now that you do know I am a man I hope it won't matter (too much) now.

That said, I think the blokes here do tend to stay away from quite large areas of MN so there are a lot of bloke free spaces.

I agree about other forums on the internet that have lots of shouty sexist blokes in them. A few of the political ones I go on are very tiresome for that very reason and I have stopped posting in them.

granted, maybe you could set up a women-only parenting website that would match what you are looking for?

YANBU
I dont like other SAHD coming to the coffee groups or toddler groups I go to.

I like having men on here - sometiems it can get a little bit one-sided when there are genuine issues being discussed.

And it's especially important to have their imput in Relationships and Parenting sections.

DameShirley - I always knew you were a man - I could tell by how closely you held me to your bosom.

input i meant...