To think how come there are men on Mumsnet ?

[Daisyflower12345]

I was quite confused to be honest.

I genuinely thought Mumsnet as it's says mums. Is for women only just surprised to come across a lot of males.

Now it's not a bad thing at all. Just quite surprising to be honest ?

The men here are just for decoration. They have to wear shorts when they post in the summer.

Many people have been grateful to the posters that are male and give advice on heating and plumbing, building problems etc. Assuming they are not mothers in disguise, of course.

I dunno, it's not all bad. Reading the self important drivel that the men spout on the Sex Board is one of my guilty pleasures in life

Slopes off you may be well intentioned but do you see how sexist you just sounded?

That answers the ‘how’ but not ‘why’. I think OP understands how men might sign up, having signed up herself. She’s asking why they’d sign up.

Well, if she knows the how because she did it, she also knows the why.

Parenting issues aren't limited to women. Mumsnet isn't limited to parenting issues. They join for the same reason women do.

@SlopesOff

Many people have been grateful to the posters that are male and give advice on heating and plumbing, building problems etc. Assuming they are not mothers in disguise, of course.

You couldn't be any more sexist, how do you know they weren't female?

I wasn't a parent when I came here. I found dog advice and then miscarriage advice.

@SlopesOff

Many people have been grateful to the posters that are male and give advice on heating and plumbing, building problems etc. Assuming they are not mothers in disguise, of course.

You mean you are glad there are posters who know about plumbing here. The fact they are men makes no difference to their plumbing ability.

YAWN this shit again 🙄

I think Mumsnet transcended the "mum" part of its name when it moved from kitchen table endeavour with posters sending them money to keep the lights on to actual proper business. The site now is much more varied than it was when it first began but the name has stuck so its too late to change it.

How do you know who's a man and who isn't?

Usually the problematic men are the ones who feel the need to announce they are a man when posting "man here" or "to give a male perspective" or "as a man" as if we all stand down now that The Bearer Of A Penis has arrived with his Manly Opinion Of Manliness. This is usually followed by some lengthy statement about how they have never experienced XXXX (issue predominantly affecting women) therefore it either doesn't exist or is vastly overstated. Those are the men who don't belong here, or indeed anywhere where civilised conversations are held.

Because you don't have to have an internal exam to sign up!?

I find it a bit weird as well!

The ones that always surprise me are when men write about their relationship issues on here and ask for advice.

I always think they are fake as they always seem really soppy and over the top, and I can't say I've ever met a man like that.

How do you feal about women asking for relationship advice?

I welcome most opinions and maybe there views can help understand it.
If ppl post problems, they don't just want ppl with one experience.

Can I assume you also don't want any females who haven't had children too or is your post just a way to exclude a certain group

You want to head over to the Sex board. You'll find a lot of them hanging out there.

@SoupDragon

That said, there are even non parents here! 😱

🙋 'Sup

Oh shit I’m not even a mum... should I even be here? I blame google search for bringing me to the non mum boards and forcing me to stay!

I think some sign up because they’re misogynists who enjoy giving women a good kicking over the internet, and this is part of the reason MN has become more hostile over the years.

There are plenty of those on this site, of both sexes. Almost all of the 'my evil narc MIL' problems are posted by DILs - i.e. on the face of it, women giving women a good kicking; and there are constant LTB threads and others giving men a good kicking (a great many of them with very good reason).

Not this again

@SlopesOff
Many people have been grateful to the posters that are male and give advice on heating and plumbing, building problems etc. Assuming they are not mothers in disguise, of course

I hate myself for laughing at this, as it is shockingly sexists', but I have to admit I did.
I only hope the poster did it in an ironic humorous way.

@CoolYourBeansMySon

You want to head over to the Sex board. You'll find a lot of them hanging out there.

To be fair I assume they are less men and more hormonal teenage boys ( mentally if not in age) from some of the stuff I have read!

Maybe we should even also question with deep suspicion women who have had children but are from Birmingham, as they are likely 'moms' and not mums at all; similarly all of the Welsh, Irish (and other) 'mams' are also to be deterred from this site, which is plainly for 'mums' only....

@Skysblue

Yanbu. If you set up a women’s space, men will shortly arrive and start bossing about the women, unless you have a very strong fence around the women’s space, which mumsnet does not.

Utter nonsense.

I've been on MN since practically the beginning.

On the whole, non trolling men have never been 'bossy' any that have have soon learnt it doesn't wash. If anything they get a harder time.

I think at times it's very difficult for them, rather than any women.

There's a HUGE number of people who aren't parents as well.

I don't feel it's necessary to be a female parent to have input into 95% of threads, so I don't know what you're surprised about.

Just another thread stirring people up

Even within sub-sections of MN, 'The Litter Tray' is just about 100% invaded by arrogant humans who may well be connected with cats, but are not actually themselves in any way cats. The nerve of some non-felines....

I’m relaxed about it, except when someone starts mansplaining to me.

....apart from the very small minority of legitimate users like SunbathingDragon's good friend, of course!