I had a thought about the so-called generational divide while reading this. As the mother of a teenager daughter who hates Mumsnet with a passion (although I am pretty sure she has never actually been on here!) I wondered if there is a certain amount of cognitive dissonance going on.
In other words, do young women fear that Mumsnet will prove to them that their Mothers are critical thinkers too. That we have lives that don't revolve around our children. That must be a terrifying thought for them. What will they do if we take back some of the time we spend caring and devote it to our own thoughts and actions.
So they live in a bubble of thinking Mumsnet is about silly parenting dilemmas and refuse to recognise the deeper significance. That is, until they become mother's themselves.
My ex-husband also hated Mumsnet. but for quite different reasons. he feared it would make me see sense. And it did.