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To find DP patronising about Mn

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Hibbsy · 04/11/2019 20:33

Long time lurker here, current sat watching Only Connect with DP as kids in bed, both on respective iPads. Hear him giggling and ask “what is funny?”, he says “nothing”. Giggles again and ask again, he says he’s on a forum he’s a member of (football 355 or something, I’ve never really asked) and there’s a thread on MN where they basically take the piss out of posts on here and he’s laughing at a post where someone here is upset about being though of as a lesbian from asking a friend to spend the night in comfies watching tv.
I thought this was a harmless forum where they talked about football and had no issues but apparently it’s more than that and the MN threat has over 10000 posts mainly taking the piss out of people on here, along with “blokes” threads about women. On one they even ask them to rate women as “minx or minger”
I’m was happy he has his own place online but feel now that it’s simply pandering to sexist misogynist behaviour. AIBU to think we can’t even have this place to ourselves without men using it as a source of entertainment to reinforce the idea of the “stupid little woman indoors”?

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Mitel1 · 07/11/2019 14:33

I'm not sure of the point you are making NewStart? I am just not overly sensitive about trivial matters. I am guessing you never looked at the shirtless man in the Diet Coke ads?? If you did, and someone said your DH should leave you over it ("treating a man as a sex object"), would not think that that would be slightly ridiculous. Honestly, people have too much time on their hands if they stress themselves over things like this. It's just harmless banter between boys.

Brefugee · 07/11/2019 14:50

interesting that PP referred to members of F365 as being middle aged men. Well, what are the inhabitants of Mumsnet? They can't all be lumped under one description, and nor can those on F365. Not least because I'm guessing a fair few are women.

TBH it's interesting to see things from the other side, and some of their comments match some of the things i think when i see posts on here. Thanks for the reminder it exists, i think i still have an account.

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