To leave MumsNet because it's becoming RadFeministNet?

[SigmundaFraudina]

Had enough of their agenda being forced down my throat whether I want it or not. Major recruitment drive going on lately, and serious opression of other posters views. Just gets worse and worse. This was not what I believed MN was supposed to be about.

I'm off.

Come on Worra. I bet you were a Thirty-Something girl.

I think what you are trying to discuss Rhinos, and what the op is all about, are two rather different things, tbh.

The RadFems do tend to stick to their own board whereas op is accusing them of influencing the whole site, which I just don't see.

Surely any fool can see that it is not a RadFem issue to feel hatred/intolerance towards strip clubs, any common or garden feminist (and I hope they are in the majority on Mumsnet) would feel the same.

Perhaps op needs to refresh her knowledge of what radfem means?

But the writing on Fraser is just so top notch. I miss it dreadfully.

cornsilk - I try to feel oppressed by the chicken keepers AND the babynames people, but it just doesn't work! Maybe I am not trying hard enough to understand their oppressive tendencies?

I loved seinfeld.

Anyone Feeling bullied should report their concerns to MNHQ as per their guidelines.

RadFem - hmm...sounds a bit like a radiator sealant for a dodgy car.

Seriously, OP. If you don't like something being forced down your throat, just close your mouth. Probably for the best anyway.

Why do people try and derail threads like this?

I've never watched seinfeld. Is it worth trying to get into it? It's being repeated at the mo and I'm a bit bored!

yes do report bullying mnhq sorted out the is it or isn't it fem board question, and in fairness after a few huffs and flounces it's got better

Back.

my pancakes were shite. Should have used pre-mixed

Will never win the spunky cup with domestic skills like that :(

what would you like to talk about billy?

I think for some people, having their world view so consistently and comprehensively challenged can be a little uncomfortable. We live in such a sexist society where attitudes about women are deeply ingrained, that sudden exposure to educated, articulate and unapologetic feminists must come as a bit of a shock. It's only natural that this makes some people defensive and, at times, agressive.

I hope that the constant challenging of ingrained thought processes may eventually result in some critical evaluation of their own attitudes, even if it does require them to spend a bit of time away processing it.

What I frequently see on the relationships board is a woman posting who's feeling devastated because she's discovered her partner's massive porn collection or his strip club habit or whatever and there'll be a load of posts telling her it's trivial, all men use porn/go to strip clubs, she must have self-esteem issues/be jealous, she should just get over it etc. etc.

On those sorts of threads, it's the feminists who are the ones offering genuine support and acknowledgement of the OP's feelings. Trouble is, it can feel very threatening for those who are 'fine' and 'cool' with their partner's (or their own) buy-in to the sex industry because it upsets the apple-cart to have to consider reasons why it might not be 'fine' or 'cool' after all. You might have to make changes in your otherwise lovely relationship and that can be really scary.

I'm not that into US sitcoms generally but loved Soap back in the day. Cheers was quite good too.

My spunky cup dost overfloweth.

Don't ask

I don't get why when there is a topic being discussed, people then derail a thread by talking about something totally different. Genuinely, I don't get it.

I've made my comments about why I think the OP is misreading the situation

So, er, you are complaining about the fact that feminists on the FWR board, aren't willing to listen to POV's which aren't feminist?

OK.

That's a bit like complaining that people on the Socialist board are a bit closed-minded whenever people come along with Tory views.

And if you're trying to imply that I've bullied you, then I'd appreciate a bit of evidence please. But I expect that request is me being a bully.

don't agree with that summation.at all
have seen women say they're not too bothered by moderate porn use.to be hectored that all porn is abusive and They are complicit in abusing women

Billy - I think posters go off at a tangent when the OP is being a bit of an arse. Understandable here, n'est-ce pas?

Well I guess I just assume that the vast majority of women must be feminists. Even if they don't know it, they probably are.

Radical feminism is rather different, I do concur.

But I couldn't and wouldn't object to seeing a feminist perspective on any Mumsnet thread at all - that would be, frankly, weird, seeing as I am a woman and all.

I would love to know who you are talking about. Who are they? I don't see roving bands of marauding RadFems

Derailing is becoming more and more tiresome, yes!

Hmm.

I think people hector feminists that porn is good and just a bit of fun.

But people who think that, think feminists are hectoring them when they argue against that POV.

Your hectoring is my arguing. And vice versa.

The OP is laughable.

Major recruitment drive?
Oppression?

I post in S&B sometimes you know