Opinions you have that aren't popular on mumsnet(2)

[Lockdowner35]

As the last thread reached 1000 posts

I will start

Jo Swinson would have do a better job than Boris on Coronavirus

If your argument against transwomen "invading" cis, binary women's spaces is based on your fear that it could simply be a disingenuous man pretending to be trans to prey on women, then your issue is NOT with trans women, it's with predatory men, and if you can't see that, you're transphobic

Well, yes, no-one has an issue with transwomen, the issue is that if you allow males into female spaces, some of those males will sexual predators. That is why we have all female spaces when women are vulnerable. And men don't need to pretend to be trans under the current gender ideology as no-one has a right to challenge someone elses' 'gender expression' which may be different from their 'gender identity.'

@Tenyearsgone

Please refer to the thread title. It must be within your grasp to understand what an 'unpopular opinion' means.

[quote praepondero]@Ohalrightthen

That is true, hence an educated person should be aware, that raising a child costs money and not have said child until one is able to provide adequately.
The same person should also choose carefully with whom they have DC with, as the other parent must be the very least educated to a similar or higher level and be financially sound and come from similar background.[/quote]
That's a completely different argument to my original "unpopular" opinion that being a SAHP is a waste of an education.

[quote praepondero]@Tenyearsgone

Please refer to the thread title. It must be within your grasp to understand what an 'unpopular opinion' means.[/quote]
Do you usually talk like a wannabe Judge Rinder? 😂😂

You will be referring me to section 4 of the unpopular opinions act 1999 next.

I shall leave this thread forthwith.

I was a SAHM to babies/toddlers for 6 years. When the youngest started school I went back to work full time and have been doing so for the next 6 years.

Being a SAHM was piss easy. Lonely and boring, yes, but not in the slightest hard work. Didn't have to be up and dressed and out in the cold every morning, if it was a hot day could just take off to the park and sit in the sun if I fancied it. Now I have to work, manage people, have challenging conversations etc.

It's nice that I have actual grown up people to talk to, and money, but I often miss it in the morning when I can't get away with just sitting in my pjs cuddling my children

@SomewhereInbetween1

Well this is surprising, my comment on a thread about unpopular opinions on Mumsnet, is unpopular on Mumsnet?

I am SHOOK!

Exactly this.

I have put some of my opinions on here, (on an unpopular opinions thread!) and have had a few posters questioning my opinion, demanding to know how and why I can possibly think that, and telling me I am 'wrong,' and posting their opinion (which is the right opinion of course.')

PMSL. I am not going to explain my opinions to you, or why I have them, and YOUR opinion which is the opposite of mine, is not 'correct.'

It's an OPINION... If you're not sure what an OPINION is, google it why don'tcha???

Anyone attacking people for their views, is a bit daft really.

With one exception.. @Jud9eJudy If you think FGM and male circumcision are the same, you need serious help. You views are ridiculous and dangerous. Educate yourself FFS.

Saying male circumcision is the same as FGM is NOT an unpopular opinion... it's an absolute load of dangerously misleading and utterly insulting bullshit.

Oh and as someone who has been a full-time working mum, a part time working mum, AND a full-time-stay-at-home mum, I can categorically say the easiest life was a full-time-stay-at-home mum.

By a country mile.

I don't think mums and dads are equal, especially where it comes to children.

@Lizadork

I don't think mums and dads are equal, especially where it comes to children.

what do you mean?

@Lizadork

I don't think mums and dads are equal, especially where it comes to children.

Well, there's always a primary care giver, but most children in happy families don't tend to have a marked preference.

Moon cups are absolutely disgusting. Tampons are also vile. Your body has evolved to want to eliminate the blood/tissue, not 'stop' it up like a plug for it to fester inside you. Revolting.

And that's my unpopular opinion! I'm sure some feel the same way about pads though haha!

@littlepattilou

Oh and as someone who has been a full-time working mum, a part time working mum, AND a full-time-stay-at-home mum, I can categorically say the easiest life was a full-time-stay-at-home mum.

By a country mile.

YY to this.

We don't need to be grateful for today's children because they will be our carers later on in life. We need to be grateful we have worked hard and made enough money to pay people who will be happy to take it in order to look after us, if we need them to, when we are old. Carers wouldn't look after people unless they were paid. Volunteers are not huge in numbers.

@Nameitychangity

Moon cups are absolutely disgusting. Tampons are also vile. Your body has evolved to want to eliminate the blood/tissue, not 'stop' it up like a plug for it to fester inside you. Revolting.

And that's my unpopular opinion! I'm sure some feel the same way about pads though haha!

I actually agree. I would never use a mooncup if you paid me to.

And I did used to use tampons in my 20s, but I never liked them, and I felt uncomfortable half the time (as I seemed to be able to feel it 'up' there sometimes.) And frankly I felt a bit queasy sometimes when I had one 'in.'

I started using them at around 23, and by 25, I went back to sanitary towels, and never went back. DD (in her mid 20s) is the same; she tried tampons for a year or so, hated them, and switched back to sanitary towels.

Endless “feminist” rants about transgender issues is terminally boring.

Being a feminist is not a personality trait.

There is nothing wrong with living in new build homes- just because a Victorian terraced house is still standing does not mean it’s any better built. It’s just older!

@TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet

Endless “feminist” rants about transgender issues is terminally boring.

Being a feminist is not a personality trait.

There is nothing wrong with living in new build homes- just because a Victorian terraced house is still standing does not mean it’s any better built. It’s just older!

Double edged sword really. I think the Victorian homes may be 'better built' than the pop-up generic newbuilds, but then they are sometimes money-pits, that let in the draught, and quite high maintenance/high heating bills.

I wouldn't mind a newbuild if it's decent quality, or a Victorian house if I had plenty of surplus cash to spend on it.

It is absolutely fine not to adopt if you have fertility problems. You do not have to justify this decision to anyone.

@Jud9eJudy

Circumcision for asthetic (including religious) purposes should be made a criminal offence. It is no different to FGM.

Unless it is absolutely medically necessary, no one needs to be removing body parts from a child.

It's COMPLETELY different!

Circumcision is safe and has little effect on a boy (though I do not agree with it unless for medical purposes).

FGM is either removing the clitoris or sewing up the vagina, the sole utilise either way is to ensure a woman doesn't have sex before marriage or doesn't enjoy sex

@Stego

I was a SAHM to babies/toddlers for 6 years. When the youngest started school I went back to work full time and have been doing so for the next 6 years.

Being a SAHM was piss easy. Lonely and boring, yes, but not in the slightest hard work. Didn't have to be up and dressed and out in the cold every morning, if it was a hot day could just take off to the park and sit in the sun if I fancied it. Now I have to work, manage people, have challenging conversations etc.

It's nice that I have actual grown up people to talk to, and money, but I often miss it in the morning when I can't get away with just sitting in my pjs cuddling my children

Ooh you're brave, on MN being a SAHM seems to require the same intellect, level of work and risk as being the CEO of a FTSE 500 company 🤣

@Nameitychangity

Moon cups are absolutely disgusting. Tampons are also vile. Your body has evolved to want to eliminate the blood/tissue, not 'stop' it up like a plug for it to fester inside you. Revolting.

And that's my unpopular opinion! I'm sure some feel the same way about pads though haha!

I totally agree!

My favourite MNers are the ones who swear blind they can smell your sanitary towel just by standing next to you 🤣🤣

@Jud9eJudy

Circumcision for asthetic (including religious) purposes should be made a criminal offence. It is no different to FGM.

Unless it is absolutely medically necessary, no one needs to be removing body parts from a child.

Sure it’s your opinion, but I don’t think you understand the difference between the two. Circumcision is nothing like FGM, and a relatively harmless process with 0 damage to anatomical function for a vast majority of men.

Surrogacy is a wonderful thing, for both parties involved.

Unbleached yellow so called eco bamboo loo roll from China is no better than the white bleached paper loo roll I buy at Asda each week. Which is probably also made in China ,except each roll doesn't come in pretty packaging that the dc can lovingly play with.

Cheaper too.

Have you ever done any research on the thousands of men who were circumcised as a baby and how that has left them with not only physical pain where they were cut, the complete loss of sensation, and pain during intercourse, but psychological conditions such a depression, PTSD, some men literally grieve for their missing body part.

There are groups of people who call circumcision 'male genital mutilation'.
And FGM is sometimes referred to 'female circumcision'. They all use the same words but they aren't the same things....

Male circumcision is driven by the same reasons as FGM:
cleanliness, tradition, religion etc.

Regardless of whether or not you agree or disagree with the words I've used in my statement....
People need to stop cutting the genitals of babies

The feminism board on MN goes against the core principles of any real life feminism have ever been involved with.

Children should have a parent at home with them after school, and able to stay home with them if they are sick.

Universal basic income is a good, good thing.

People generally should pay more taxes and be happy to do so.

The U.K. government is doing the best job it knows how to do currently.

There is no conspiracy. About anything. Anything at all. People just aren’t organised enough.