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20 May 2013, 7:49 pm

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Generalizations along the lines of "all women are shallow" or "all men are jerks" interfere with that, and are offensive to the members of the gender mentioned. Please be careful to NOT make conclusions or statements that extend beyond your personal experience and the particular people involved.


There are several posts and topics in the Love and Dating forum right now which are in flagrant violation of that edict.

It isn't based on the person's experience and fetishizes, demeans or stereotypes women, sometimes all three. It's like reading a revolting "he man woman hater" handbook.

Can topics like those at least be moved to the Men's section so I and other women don't have to see them, at least? Thanks.

I didn't know how to contact a Mod or I would've asked this in private. I'm not trying to single any one person out but some of what I've been reading about women in the Love and Dating forum is making me literally ill.


There is no men's section. How's that for equal representation, eh? ;) You gals get a whole discussion area, we get a single thread.



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20 May 2013, 7:50 pm

^^^
QFT!



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21 May 2013, 9:04 am

Very true - there should be a men's discussion forum.



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21 May 2013, 9:38 am

^^^ You know, I'm just liking you more and more, Ann. ;)



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21 May 2013, 10:11 am

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^^^ You know, I'm just liking you more and more, Ann. ;)

8)

To not have a men's discussion forum like there is a women's forum doesn't make sense. I think a lot of stuff that spills into forums like L&D might not if there was a more appropriate place to express it.



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16 Jul 2014, 3:38 pm

^^^ this



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16 Jul 2014, 3:39 pm

^^^
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16 Jul 2014, 3:42 pm

i'm pretty sure there was actually a men's discussion forum at one point, and my understanding is that is was shut down because it became a cesspool of misogyny. i could be wrong as i wasn't an active poster whenever this took place, so to be sure you would need to ask probably one of the mods or someone who's been active here for longer and remembers when this occurred. i'm pretty sure that it happened though, and that it has been discussed before.



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16 Jul 2014, 3:52 pm

maybe it would be better if there was a quarantined area where men could vent, and that women have their own quarantined area for such, as well. by quarantined it is meant to keep the youngsters out as well as to be understood that it is for specified gender only to post. just a thought.



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16 Jul 2014, 4:08 pm

not sure if creating "safe" spaces where misogyny/misandry can respectively fester is a wise idea. the women's discussion has remained open as far as i can tell because it actually contains discussions about women's issues and is not a festering cesspool of misandry, or i imagine it would have received the same treatment as the men's discussion forum did.



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16 Jul 2014, 4:15 pm

^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.



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12 Jun 2015, 1:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:
^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.


Oh, the troublesome bunch that we humans are!! ! 8O



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12 Jun 2015, 2:56 pm

JenniferJones2015 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.


Oh, the troublesome bunch that we humans are!! ! 8O

and WP is supposed to be a refuge from all that :alien:



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12 Jun 2015, 3:01 pm

:lol:

auntblabby wrote:
JenniferJones2015 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.


Oh, the troublesome bunch that we humans are!! ! 8O

and WP is supposed to be a refuge from all that :alien:


:lol: Yeah -- that's what one calls an 'unreasonable expectation' :D :D



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12 Jun 2015, 3:43 pm

JenniferJones2015 wrote:
:lol:
auntblabby wrote:
JenniferJones2015 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.


Oh, the troublesome bunch that we humans are!! ! 8O

and WP is supposed to be a refuge from all that :alien:


:lol: Yeah -- that's what one calls an 'unreasonable expectation' :D :D

progress only happens because of unreasonable people making unreasonable expectations :bounce:



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12 Jun 2015, 3:47 pm

auntblabby wrote:
JenniferJones2015 wrote:
:lol:
auntblabby wrote:
JenniferJones2015 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^
you're right in that it is hard to maintain the balance between "safety valve" and cesspool in danger of widespread contagion of WP.


Oh, the troublesome bunch that we humans are!! ! 8O

and WP is supposed to be a refuge from all that :alien:


:lol: Yeah -- that's what one calls an 'unreasonable expectation' :D :D

progress only happens because of unreasonable people making unreasonable expectations :bounce:


This is very true!! !