What are we doing here?

[MrHeadlessMan]

Hi guys...

Recently came off a thread with some really ugly man-bashing. Not pleasant.

It got me thinking: really, when it comes down to it, this is a site for women by women. Its even in the name Yes we are allowed to hang around but it I get the idea it is a tolerance thing. Yes you can muck around on chat but on many of the other topics you have to watch what you say, and your opinion is a bit suspect to many. Certain posters seem to even accuse apparently female posters of being a man in what seems to be a way to discredit them. I love some of the really great threads and posters but it kind of adds up to maybe thinking we are gate-crashing.

Question: should we really be hanging out here? Or do we 'really' belong over on some other more general board?

joins in chorus it's not about the money..money..money and other such deep words. leaves again with handbag

is that my handbag ?

< wrestles AYISYPOYF to the ground ?

fight, fight, fight

< pulls hair and scratches with nails >

Right!

I'm getting NAKED!

[zzzzzzzzzzziiip]

[Sproinnng!]

[thud]

Oh dear. That wasn't supposed to happen.

Are you ok? Do you need some help (once i have stoped laughting)?

bloody hell... you nearly had my eye out then !

And just when the guys thought they were all hated you get a thread like this :)

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1328041-My-DH-DP-is-fabulous-today-because-they?pg=1

Now can someone turn the music up for me.

I've just read the thread.

I had no idea we men were so great.

Bobzilla, I'm a member of a football fan forum too. There's as much talk about parenting issues and life problems as there is football or banter.

T'internet makes it easier for people to open up. It's not like you have to stand up in front of a crowd, it's so much more anonymous. I ask questions on here that I don't in real life, well aside of asking my wife, that is. Though her answer, to everything, is usually "No".

Concerning the OP.....I see this all the time. It's nothing unusual. They also have a tendency to move about Dadsnet to try and "police" any malcontents that might be getting any mannish ideas in their heads.

Even if it doesn't end up in a random ban, they will at least go into their area and post about how HORRIBLE, misogynist MEN exist on here.

I'd say just ignore them and continue on. Regardless of what they say, there are a variety of resources that help dads deal with the subjects that matter to them.

It's all part of the blue pill world we live in.

Welcome to the internet; there are people here. Some of them are naturally dicks, while others are fairly normal, but embrace dickishness when the browser opens. I've had reason to post John Gabriel's Internet Fuckwad Theory here in the past and will no doubt do so again in future.

While I have encountered a few misandrist weirdies on here, the MN Collective did seem to do a very good job of pointing out that anyone (men, women and hairy fingered turkish truckers) can come on here, so anyone assuming they're in a wholly female space had best wake up PDQ.

Meh, the answer to the OP is pretty much summed up in the lack of posts.

There is little chance of discussing issues of fatherhood here without some harpy or another barging in with a sexist rant. Or failing that some frustrated type wanting sexual advice - providing no one says it is her fault of course - in the mistaken belief that men are some kind of alien species of a mechanical sexual nature. And then there are always the few regulars who hang around the place ensuring that no discussion takes place and that everyone acts as pseudo-women.

Still it offers the site sponsors the chance to spam the inboxes of those who mistakenly signed up to mumsnet in the hope of sharing their joys and anxieties of fatherhood with other dads.

Sad really.

Yes you should be here. Really wish it was called Parentsnet. I love to hear a man's point of view (unless deliberately offensive), and there aren't nearly enough of them.

I would stay out of the relationships threads though, however I would advise that to anyone, regardless of gender.

Don't go!!!

In rl I have way more male friends than female, I'm not a confident person and find males easier to deal with and less likely to be offended at banter (just my experience)...unfortunately their dp/dw dont tend to like it

I have no problems with men here, just because my ex is a nob doesn't mean I feel that way about all men..we are equal, which means some of you I may not like, some of you I may find funny, some will have me reaching for the hide button...pretty much the same as the female posters