I'm finding it more and more difficult to enjoy coming on mumsnet these days. People are literally looking to pick fights. It is a harmless post in which someone is interested in knowing if we think their baby is boy or girl.
I've always thought that mumsnet was a place to seek advice, help others, learn some information and give / receive support. Sometimes just to have a moan. Every post seems to have someone being judgmental or picking holes in things.
This post was obviously never meant offensively or in a sexist manner, it was a light hearted post. Yes people may have opinions but every post like this is being picked on, someone got berated for asking what the gender was, what is wrong with that? The baby will be given a sex at birth which then can go on their birth certificate so what's wrong with using the word gender?
Mumsnet is being a place for women to be jumped on and shouted down for (what I belueve) is an innocent use of a term or phrase. The forums will become quite and redundant if it carries on. Sometimes a little patience and understanding that with pregnancy hormones etc we may say things not quite right or he time comes across wrong. It can't become a place for trolls as people who need real support and have nowhere else to turn will become lonely and desperate.
I do believe there are administrators for any posts or comments that are deemed appropriate, I think people should let them do their job and report anything they see as inappropriate.
If the post topic clearly is not one you feel you can support or are offended by, don't read it, move on. If it's serious then report it.
Sorry, rant over!