Men on Mumsnet!

[AnnieSnap]

AIBU to wonder why some men are on Mumsnet? I don’t have strong feelings about it, I’m not anti-men and the posts from men I have come across on here have all been fine, but it just strikes me as odd that these reasonable men would become a part of an obviously women’s forum. Sleazy men, it would make sense, but decent blokes?

@Pythonista was your second post written by someone else? That actually did read as friendly 🤷‍♀️

@PlanDeRaccordement

I was just wondering what other MNs thought on the subject. Based on some replies, anyone would think I’d suggested that all male posters should be dragged outside and castrated

If your OP had simply been a question, no issues, but you did imply that all the men on MN are not decent blokes, but sleazy:
“just strikes me as odd that these reasonable men would become a part of an obviously women’s forum. Sleazy men, it would make sense, but decent blokes?”

That most probably is why you got the and other salty replies

That does not imply anything of the kind. Are you having trouble reading?

[quote AnnieSnap]@Pythonista was your second post written by someone else? That actually did read as friendly 🤷‍♀️[/quote]
I have no fucking idea what you are talking about.

However some nice man has found you a number of previous threads to look through - think of the time you could have saved

To be honest mumsnet is due a name change. Its not just for mums, or women, or parents, or anything really.

You got all sort of people on here pretending to be something else. It’s the government influencers who annoy me most. I am very happy to have men on here.

It wouldn't make any business sense for them to change the name. The Mumsnet brand has pretty high recognition among the public.

I don’t see what the point in changing the name would be. It clearly isn’t putting anyone off posting here. It’s a recognisable brand now.

@PurpleDaisies

I don’t see what the point in changing the name would be. It clearly isn’t putting anyone off posting here. It’s a recognisable brand now.

Agreed. It's not broke; don't fix it.

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

I for one am absolutely flabbergasted that so many mums feel entitled enough to come on and use this site - even though the name is so obviously a typo for Mums:Niet, which everybody knows is Russian for 'NO MUMS'....

Lol, this is true. I put the да in даd

There isnt a place just for women anywhere, men find a way. Ive come to accept it, and some of them on here are alright.

@BiLuminous

There isnt a place just for women anywhere, men find a way. Ive come to accept it, and some of them on here are alright.

Well there's always the convent 🙏🙏

Why not ask why there are so many trolls on Mumsnet?

I use Mumsnet as it has a vast array of different subjects, handful users and easy to use

@Vitallyli

Why not ask why there are so many trolls on Mumsnet?

Funny isn't it? The same posters hiding behind the sofa because there's a man are the same ones pom-pomming on the tedious CF troll threads. Or immediately leap in to offer advice when Herbert asks about periods, or nappies or kids wetting themselves in class.

It’s nice to have it as a largely women’s space where men can join in without setting the direction or dominating. An ideal society would have lots more of this, instead of majority largely men dominated spaces, a fair amount of very men focussed spaces, some very women focussed spaces/single sex spaces (although not as many single sex spaces as we need!)

To be honest mumsnet is due a name change. Its not just for mums, or women, or parents, or anything really.
Was it ever exclusively just for mums though? As long as I can remember the tag line has always had the word parents in it anyway.
I'm sure ther must 100s of business that have evolved from the original intent as they have grown more successful or diversified to stay afloat but kept their original name.

@AnnieSnap are you having trouble reading?! Of course it does! You implied that if blokes are here then they must be sleazy. It's there in black and white

@AnnieSnap must not know what imply means? Suggest dictionary?

To say that the OP states several times she has no problem with men on here but she's just noticed them, she seems to have an inordinately large problem with men being on here.
T'is a veritable conundrum.

Men are parents too. Heck, some of them are even lone parents. Why shouldn't they be on what is largely a parenting forum?

Aside from parenting threads and relationships, there are also plenty of other areas on the site to interest anyone. Chicken keepers, gardening, mental health, property, tv and film, genealogy, bereavement, awful neighbours, politics, employment issues, creative writing, religion, recipes, travel, weather, you name it.

[quote ButYouGottaHaveASkillJeff]@AnnieSnap are you having trouble reading?! Of course it does! You implied that if blokes are here then they must be sleazy. It's there in black and white [/quote]
I said all the blokes I have seen on here seem reasonable and decent and that I understand why sleazy men would be in a woman’s forum, but wonder why the reasonable blokes are!

@AnnieSnap do you still wonder? A few of us have explained. Are we sleazy or reasonable?

Some of the men in the sex topic though

I said all the blokes I have seen on here seem reasonable and decent and that I understand why sleazy men would be in a woman’s forum, but wonder why the reasonable blokes are!

That is quite a fucked up way of thinking - you assume that any man wanting to be here must be a sleaze and that no decent man would bother.

Or do you struggle with imagination?