You need to explain this to your membership.

[manicgeek]

I'm sorry to have to break it to you, but there is definitely a gender discrimination thing going on here. Some of you will have noticed that I have been repeatedly accused of being anti-feminist, that I have repeatedly been accused of being that sad little prick from facebook. That I have been called various names. You've probably also noticed that I haven't broken a single rule, I've not personally called any member a name, or posted anything nasty towards any individual. But I've now had two accounts banned, I've had posts deleted. I've had an entire thread deleted, because I dared to create a post calling into question whether this site is operating a gender discriminationj policy towards men.

You'll note the published policy about trolls:
Unfortunately, it's not always immediately obvious whether a poster is, in fact, a troll. We all tend to be a bit suspicious of new folks posting things of a sensitive or inflammatory nature, but we would rather Mumsnet erred on the side of giving folks the benefit of the doubt and risked being made to look a bit foolish than pounce on someone who turns out to be genuinely in need of help. We hope you agree.

I'm afraid that's not true, in reality the women can go around making all sorts of nasty personal remarks about the men, but even if a man (such as me) stays within the rules, and doesn't make nasty personal remarks he will be banned should he dare to say something the women object to.

I am living proof of this.

I have been banned twice without the administrators of this site having a single piece of evidence to support their claims of me being a troll. You've seen me repeatedly ask the women making that accusation against me to show some evidence from any one of my post that in anyway demonstrates me behaving like a troll on this board. They have completely failed to do so. I have asked via email, and only received a response which basically says that because I stated that I didn't care about what any women thinks or feels... in direct response to a woman breaking the rules and making yet another unfounded allegation against me, that the administrators 'feel' I 'might' be a troll.

That's their reason for banning me... despite there being nothing in any post of mine which constitutes trolling behaviour towards any other member of this board.

Expect this thread to be deleted completely, in line with their attempts to hide away from the membership the truth of how they are operating gender based discrimination on this site.

This account will undoubtedly be banned and I shall be back to point this out all over again... until the administrators of this site have the decency to show some honesty and admit that this is exactly how this site is being operated to the membership.

"I cant imagine many women are made to feel welcome on forums aimed at men so why are you expecting special treatment here"
Very true Laura.

So OP - Dick or GTFO.

all i can read in the op is:

'you have chosen to ignore this person's posts>

Everyone - you do realise that each direct response to the OP constitutes feeding the trolls? Especially if you're annoyed?

Why don't we talk about our living room decor instead?

Mine is painted pale blue, with vintage dark wood furniture and a rather 1970s style rug.

Mine has one salmon wall, and it's revolting. I hate salmon

It aint called mum'snet for nothing

(apologies to the decent men who do post)

OhTheHuge
Mine has great fake wooden beams and a stone fireplace. A mix of Ikea and antiques from this fab Troc in France. Wooden floors, white walls.

1970s rug? Shaggy one?

Mine is painted pale blue, with vintage dark wood furniture and a rather 1970s style rug.

Mine's a shithole

Mine has three pink walls and one that desperately needs some wallpaper to cover the plaster :)

manicgeek Mumsnet isn't operating a gender discrimination policy here, the posters here aren't a Borg-like entity, this forum is made up of a large number of individuals of both male and female gender. The only thing which appears to unite them is their wish for you to give up and leave them alone.

MmeLindor

apologies OTheHuge, mine is cream with a brown leather sofa but no pebbly shit or twigs.

Mine is covered in Lego.
Unfeasibly small Lego.
Which breeds when you are not looking....
And then sticks into your bare feet

It's more 70s pattern (big brown leaves on blue background) than 70s shagginess, more's the pity.

I also have a large yucca plant called Roger.

The 70's rug, i'm curious is it orange or green perchance?

I love 70's done stylishly. I loved the tiles in Perniles and Theis kitchen in

The Killing.

giyadas
To stave off the , I can tell you that my kitchen is tiled floor to ceiling in GREEN. Not a pleasant green. <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.ch/imgres?q=70s+green+tiles&hl=de&nord=1&biw=1600&bih=785&tbm=isch&tbnid=9mHZuJW8rFEXNM:&imgrefurl=mydeco.com/p/mosaico-gloss-wall-tile-green-w330-x-l200mm-pack-of-15/GB0001D0S4LW2EC7Q6SAV7FGJJN4DL57TK3GABSQ/&docid=TosaqOIjuDYPNM&w=400&h=247&ei=zaJaTuuICIfb4QTBhrmsBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1166&vpy=105&dur=129&hovh=176&hovw=286&tx=207&ty=105&page=2&tbnh=114&tbnw=184&start=32&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:22,s:32" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">similar to these

And the units are the same colour.

pacific Tiny Lego is evil - have you considered hiring an industrial Hoover?

God I HATE dogpile threads.

The hatred is so intense and I've no idea who this guy is, but LostinTrans, this is a very Borg like thread.

Peace and love, peace and love.

Bog in a Bag!
That is all I have to say on the subject.

X post OTheHuge. I have creamish walls, oak flooring, really need to decorate. Im bored or maybe boring .

mine is soft and cosy. Mostly because of the dog hair that lights on every surface

ah well. At least it prevents injury when accidentally kneeling on the lego. Cushions it, y'see

The Borg don't discuss decor, far as I'm aware

The point I was trying to make is there isn't a site wide desire to discriminate, but this poster keeps poking the bear to get a response and then complains that the pissed off bear growled at him. Ignoring him now.

I also have some nice Sam Toft pictures on my walls.

Cream here with mahogany parquet that is scratched to buggery.

Is it possible for an entire forum to have a stalker? We are quite widespread, I feel an injunction may be tricky?

70s style cannot be done stylishly, ThePanthan, it just cannot.

Re industrial hoover: tempting, v tempting, but DS1 may just run away from home. He is only 8 - it seems cruel

We never redecorate now, cause we move too often. White walls, white blinds, neutral colours. I try to bring in some accents with furniture and cushions etc.

nevergoogle that is the best advice ever!