To secretly think the posters who are men on MN must be big jessies?

[ssd]

I know I'll get pelters for this, but I do wonder about the male posters who are on here regularly,( I don't mean guys who post very seldom)

it's just that MN reminds me of chatting to other mums at the school gates and most guys I know would rather run a mile than stand with a group of mum's chewing the fat ( and guys who do love chatting to a group of women - )

dh uses chat rooms to discuss football and that's about it

will have to hide now.

Well dh is a sahp, what does that make him? There are some rather sexist comments here.

AIBU to think that some people just start threads looking for a ruck

So is a "fully grown man" not allowed to converse with a "fully grown woman"? Or is it only on-line that you have a problem with? Or only if the conversation is not about football/cars?

I'm really confused about where the problem (in your eyes) lies

I think they are nicer more well rounded men. I prefer the type of man who you can talk to about a wide range of things rather than the footy obsessed caveman type.

Why do men have to be forced into that crap? What is WRONG with some people!? FFS enough women moan that their menfolk don't communicate and yet when you get men who exist beyond football beer and boobs, you get women saying it's not right.

It's like saying that women should cook, clean and change nappies and should not exist beyond that. They should not be interested in anything else and should only talk about multisurface cleaner, potatoes and poo.

allgonebellyup - I know lots of men who work with children and I dont think any the less of them.

YABU
My dh probably wouldn't like coming on here, but I have no problem with men being on here. What about men who are single parents that want a bit of advice?

Also Im a woman and I love football, I spend a lot of time on here with another window open looking at football stuff.
Go Arsenal for tommorrow!!

this is sexual stereotyping from another age imho

allgonebellyup you sound like you think women and men are all the same nothing in my life experience has ever suggested that...

blow the dust orf yer blinkers

No wonder so many boys are brought up to believe that women should be one thing and men another. Maybe if people were less judgemental about men and women doing this out of the stereotype we wouldnt get so many women on mumsnet getting a hard time with there shitty husbands.

ssd, if your defintion of maleness is only wanting to talk about football with other men, then my DH is a really big heeeoooogggee jesse

it is like saying women are only feminine if they talk about shoes and handbags and talking about anything else makes them masculine

actually there is quite a bit of ageism on mn as well as sexism

i like football too...

but my ds doesn't and my dd2 doesnt but my dd1 is very keen

Lulumama: "i imagine most of the male posters would stay away from the ... 'my fanjo looks weird , does this sound normal to you' threads....."

I'd have thought an (experienced) man would be precisely the best person to ask that question! And the other way round for wierd willy worries, of course.

cannot stand all female environments, a mix is good also it is a novelty for the hardened single mums like me to find men who are interested in parenting even though I know such men are probably in the majority

you are probably right ubergeekian !

it is always heartwarming to see that we have got to 2008 with such deeply entrenched gender stereotypes still alive and kicking

not

Ah, the enlightened 21st century.
It's so refreshing.

i have noticed that there are a lot more men on mn recently i think it may be starting to get towards that critical mass tipping point when a lot more come

yabu. My dh thinks MN is highly entertaining and intelligent. I think blokes who post add to the general fun and interest of the place. and yes it's far more interesting than footie chatrooms. Not all men are monosyllabic hunter types you know.

You're being unreasonable and thick and sexist some other things too.

Although I feel sorry for you if your DH can only talk about football - do you make all the parenting decisions in your house while he grunts about offside decisions? [pity]

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think she is single actually hunker

yeah that's right, men who want to talk to interesting clever women must really odd, eh?
for you, feminism was just something you saw on the telly, wasn't?

Her DH uses chat rooms to discuss football though...or is that what you meant?!

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Whilst there is no way my DH would want to come on here and chat ( he thinks all chat rooms etc are weird and a complete waste of time) I certainly do not think poorly of the men who do come on here at chat...

I love football, DH does not (he is more of a cricket,rugby man). You can not just seperate our interests purely due to our genders.

And as for men in child care, I think it is great, gives children a far more realistic picture of the real world imo...

I think perhaps you have just not met the type of man that would be interested in childcare etc and you are judging the men on here by those standards....

DP has never posted on here, but has read quite a lot, in fact he loved Broccoli Spears' thread about being a big fat lardgut and laughed heartily, does that make him a jessie???