Feels like there's way too many Men on MN

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I probably am being unreasonable however I'm on here primarily for female perspectives.

Shock horror there is women on here without children or caring for children not their own too

How do you know they're men - have you checked their passports? 🤔

IME men are very interested in what women think. I have so many IRL discussions where a man sits with a group of women and wants to know what they think about various issues that impact their lives. Male friends read this forum to get a real-life female perspective, too.

I really don't support segregation based on gender or parental status at all, this is how we end up in situations where women and men have completely different perspectives and no idea what the other sex thinks or what their concerns are.

It’s often obvious that a man is pontificating on here. It’s the mansplaining in their message.

How can you tell

I don’t disagree, I’m just saying that for example my DH would rather put hot pokers in his eyes than comment and chat online. He says men don’t chat as much as women and that’s reason enough he’d hate it 😂

Peoplesnet obviously 🤣

It still is primarily female.

It simply has never, ever been entirely female.

This is really tedious.

I only ever know it a man posting/ replying because they say- I'm a man and......or the post is so long and woe is me, it's not my fault filled you work that out in 3 seconds......

I agree. Whilst there’s always been robust debate on here, there’s been an uptick in aggression and it doesn’t present in a way that seems authentically female. It’s interesting because when I used to compare here to Reddit, over there felt more aggressive, but I think that’s changed.

I’m also pretty sure some of the earlier replies are from those who are ‘digitally female’ too.

Of course there’s no way to ban men and I wouldn’t want to, but I’d prefer if this little corner of the net remain vast majority female. We don’t have many dedicated spaces to speak on issues that matter to us whilst receiving feedback from others who will understand the nuances from a female perspective.

I do agree that the site name should be updated to Womensnet though.

I hate the way men on here write. Suddenly they're Tim Dowling. They think they're so fucking witty.

For women who hate men so much they seem to put a lot of effort into wanting one or 'keeping' them

Wall of text. Slipping of the mask. Lots of explaining. Thinking they know better.

I agree that there are some great male posters, but they are massively outnumbered by the amazing, intelligent, kind and awesome women. And that doesn't happen elsewhere so it's something to be treasured.

If my pretty unevolved DH asks 'what MN thinks' about topics, can't we as women value the unique group of talent here? Groups change when there are a lot of men.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want a discussion space that is for women. I realise mumsnet is for everyone, and you couldn’t realistically block men anyway, but so many posters are simply aghast that OP would prefer to discuss with women only.
Why?

They often bloody do!

Some of the men on here are obviously here for attention, they just want to chat to women and come up with a variety of scenarios to make themselves sound great. The mask usually slips pretty quickly. The pervy ones and mansplaining ones need to fuck off as well. Other than that, I don't mind.

Hard agree, I get lectures from the useless idiots in every other area of my life, I come on here for some common sense!

Oh god yes. Some women lap it up though and I can never understand why. 🤮

It was my dad who introduced me to Mumsnet..... he'd share some of the ridiculous threads on AIBU.

I don’t notice too many men, although I’m fairly astute to the ones who pretend they’re women, they standout like a sore thumb. The mansplainers and condescending twats usually get a swift dressing down so I don’t see them hang around for long.

MN was not, is not and never has been designed for women. It was designed for parents. To be inclusive of both men and women.

If you don’t like that men are on here then that’s tough luck as it is not a forum for women. Go and join the WI or something. Men has as much right to be here as women whether you like it or not.

It’s completely relevant that a man was one of the founders as it was never designed to be solely for women.

Mumsnet is just a name. Its aim has always been for parents not for women. If you don’t like it then leave.

How do you know who is a man and who isn't on here?

I used to use MN under a different name but had to re-register after deleting my account. On my old acc a couple of posters decided I must be a man because I didn't agree with them on a certain point, and they derailed the thread stating this misconception and trying to invalidate my view. They did it to another poster too. I'm definitely a female and nothing I said was anti-female or 'mansplaining'!

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