AIBU?
To wonder why people on Mumsnet keep accusing each other of being a man?
DaisyLovesMetronidazole · 13/05/2011 18:07
I don't understand it at all.
I also don't like the way it tends to be attached to unpopular opinions or posts that others find unsavoury and what this implies about men. I mean, I wouldn't like to read a bunch of men 'accusing' each other of being a woman pretending to be a man.
Can anyone shed any light?
DaisyLovesMetronidazole · 13/05/2011 18:12
No, it often happens on threads about a fight with a husband where a poster agrees with the husband. Other examples include a less popular opinion stated on the likes of maternity leave.
They get asked "are you a man?"
It seemed to stop for a bit, but have seen another few this week.
ObiWan · 13/05/2011 18:38
People are sometimes suspected of being men.
Sometimes they are suspected of being trolls.
I was on a thread earlier where a poster was suspected of being several people. Or several posters were thought to be one person. Not sure how that worked out.
It's all good fun, and usually just a lighthearted way of pointing out something slightly wonky in their argument.
I guess some posters who are known to be men will be accused of being women at some point 
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