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A fairly insensitive and extremely inaccurate comment. As I have said before, if you want to be sure of getting a man's opinion, put your question in the women's forum. And that is fine as long as they are aware of the special circumstances. And its not that we are whimps or afraid of the chauvinist insensitive male but rather often hoping for a responce that takes into account the some times special circumstances of the female dive in a largely male dominated activity (and SB), although I have to admit that at least in the recreational setting this is no longer quite so true.Nope.
As long as women hide behind fences and play in safe areas then they are undermining everything they have been fighting for. Yes, men don't always play nice. There is sexism. There is misogyny, yes there is chauvinism, but that same dysfunctional behaviour some men show to women they also show to each other.... Women are not special that way! If women want to be a part of that social system then they should not be hiding from it. Excluding men or avoiding interacting with them seems quite counter-productive to the emancipation of women, to my way of thinking.
So, again... why do we need a woman's forum?
A fairly insensitive and extremely inaccurate comment. .
I agree with everything you said @Diver0001 but here's the thing...
We don't get to have an opinion. If women want to have an exclusive area (which is not the SB one since it's men as well) then you and I have no right to even think that our opinions have any merit.
Until we have walked Into a room full of people who are all much larger than us and who mostly view us as an object we don't get to have an opinion.
Same with race, same with a lot of the social divisions. That's not to say we are wrong, it's just that it doesn't matter.
MeHow many men here, have wifes that don't post here?