Should men post on mumsnet ?

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Just wondering what other people think about men posting on mumsnet. I have been reading threads which men have contributed to and some are very funny but some are slightly concerning.
The man who wrote about his disastrous OLD was very amusing. It was great to read about awful dates from a male perspective. But there was also a sex thread about whether it was unreasonable to be asked to just show your boobs so your partner can masturbate regularly. The thread was going well until a man joined giving his personal thoughts on needs of men. The thread slowed and I felt that women had been intimidated by his opinions. Maybe not but would welcome a discussion about men being onsite.
Perhaps it should be renamed people net rather than mumsnet

There are some brilliant male posters on Mumsnet - PigletJohn comes to mind but also Prh47bridge on the education boards must have helped hundreds of people to win school appeals.

The misogynistic, hate filled rantings that some posters linked to during the numerous Dadsec hacks was quite something.

Some men really do hate women having the opportunity to talk to other women.

And you know this how?

Because that kind of trolling is pretty much exclusively male in its nature.

Of course you get female trolls, but they tend to operate in a different way.

SEXIST!

Of course you get female trolls, but they tend to operate in a different way.

Yes in fact they can actually be worse!

Oh no. Now Jason is shouting at us.

I'm not shouting.
I'm doing the Doc Brown thing from back to the future.

I think the majority of teenagers who post on that bit of 4chan are boys

You THINK, THINK being the operative word, you don't know. That's exactly like dadsec thinking that mumsnet is ALL women and there fore must be hacked to be put in their place.

You going 4chan is all male is like all the goady fuckers that come on here an write stupid shit about anti women's rights and single mothers because we're all women and it will wind us up.

Sorry you do seem to have come to the conclusion that males on the Internet are bad!

When any one can be a goady fucker or hacker!

I do think some men think that woman-centric/majority woman spaces on the internet are somehow poorer for the lack of men, and thus descend into them as if they're doing the women posters a favour. And are then miffed when they aren't treated like gods, here to save the silly females from their gossip. Not all, as I said. But some.

I STAND BY MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT VAMPIRES NOT POSTING!

ecause that kind of trolling is pretty much exclusively male in its nature.

Really? I don't think so.

I do think some men think that woman-centric/majority woman spaces on the internet are somehow poorer for the lack of men, and thus descend into them as if they're doing the women posters a favour. And are then miffed when they aren't treated like gods, here to save the silly females from their gossip. Not all, as I said. But some.

Do you remember the quite sweet young lad who posted that he was here to help us ladies with the finer points of using the internet and computers?

I assume that means you don't like women who don't have kids posting as well?

No, because this is a forum overwhelmingly dominated by women talking about their lives and I like it that way. I can see why dad's would post as they'll have an interest in children but I don't really care for other men as there's a billion forums out there they could go to instead.

By no I mean I would welcome all women here not just mums. only a few sections are for parenting anyway.

Men absolutely should post on mumsnet... I occasionally peek at dadsnet to see what they are talking about. Would rather it was parentsnet to make it more inclusive.

I do indeed. Such generosity of spirit. I'm also thinking of some of the men who post in sex threads in horrendous detail, especially when the OP is looking for advice - not some feverish wanker's badly written erotica.

No, because this is a forum overwhelmingly dominated by women talking about their lives and I like it that way. I can see why dad's would post as they'll have an interest in children but I don't really care for other men as there's a billion forums out there they could go to instead

'Don't really care for other men'. How do you know who is male/who has children.

Ridiculous

I have no wish to visit bloody 4chan. I'm not a sad lonely teenage boy.

Wow but there we have it what a bigoted post the words sad and lonely are very very judgemental.

And you don't know, you've said it you've never visited so how do you know the majority of posters are either sad and lonely or teenage boys - oh wait that's right you don't!

Mumsnet bitter old twisted single mothers - nest of bitter vipers?! Yes?! That's how it's portrayed in the media,

Is it in reality, erm no, this whole thread has proved men post, non parents post.

Is it not hypocritical to judge a website you've never been too and use words like sad and lonely about its users. When not pleasant words could be used about this site too. Doesn't mean either are deserved or correct!

You going 4chan is all male is like all the goady fuckers that come on here an write stupid shit about anti women's rights and single mothers because we're all women and it will wind us up.

4chan is mostly 14-24 year old boys. As much as you would love to think that the misogynistic sewer waste receptacle of the internet is equal opportunity and has an evenly mixed user base, it's simply not. That's like saying that someone only "thinks" the majority of posters on Stormfront are white racist assholes.

But... if you'd like to reach a "middle ground", I'm sure there's a few girls with penis envy acting like boys and referencing their dicks any chance they get.

No, because this is a forum overwhelmingly dominated by women talking about their lives and I like it that way. I can see why dad's would post as they'll have an interest in children but I don't really care for other men as there's a billion forums out there they could go to instead.

Yes it's mainly women. However it's not aimed at women. It's aimed at parents.

If men who don't have kids aren't welcome why should women without kids be welcome? Despite that fact that there are loads of topics that you can enjoy without having kids.

I don't care who posts here, everyone is welcome as far as I am concerned.

When they say so, Not to? I don't know what sex anyone posting is, what I mean is I don't understand why men who aren't dads come here for. I have no idea when a man is posting unless they announce it.

I'm not a sad lonely teenage boy.

Great way to talk about teenagers

When DS1 (16) appears I will ask him about 4Chan, see what his take on it is.

What about a man who is ttc with his dp? Is he welcome? What if their dp is pregnant?

At what point are the welcomed? And not considered as an intruder?

What if they then stop ttc, but like coming to mumsnet? Should they be banished?