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In reply to the discussion: Can we PLEASE have a "gender forum" where all gender-based threads can go die? [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)138. Don't we have six, not counting LGBT and abuse survivors? (nt)
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Can we PLEASE have a "gender forum" where all gender-based threads can go die? [View all]
FourScore
Feb 2014
OP
Why HoF, the Men's Group already has the gratuitous sexy thread. The SI cover thread could easily
seaglass
Feb 2014
#14
It's a no shit because your comment had nothing to do with what I posted and you didn't
seaglass
Feb 2014
#39
I'm not sure why you keep saying these disjointed off-topic things to me but OK.
seaglass
Feb 2014
#41
I'm not assuming anything. My comment was based on what exists. The Men's Group already
seaglass
Feb 2014
#88
No shit. And here is a sub thread with only intent to diss and insult dyers, YET
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#120
except i did not start a subthread of insulting duers. you and others did. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#130
So, you just throw out a jab at hof for no particular reason? Seems like you are the problem
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#123
Thing is, rules isolating certain topics and prohibiting them in GD are routinely ignored.
Lizzie Poppet
Feb 2014
#4
If you have an issue, why did you stand by without saying anything when lumberjack started
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#124
As other have advised: liberal use of the trash can function during these outbreaks.
LiberalAndProud
Feb 2014
#15
I envision a DU where each poster has their own forum to deal with the issues
el_bryanto
Feb 2014
#22
Any poster who thinks that all gender related posts should be sent to the dungeon is a candidate. n/
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#91
It's the dismissiveness that's telling. And people need to be called on it, no argument from me.
nomorenomore08
Feb 2014
#156
Want to cause GD to meltdown into a lava hot puddle of outrage? Post a magazine with 3 women in
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#109
I would gladly offer this thread as the first to go in the "gender forum". n/t
FourScore
Feb 2014
#43
K&R for the interesting mix of great humor and people going right off the rails,
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2014
#65
It would be nice, and K&R, but, alas, too many people are vested in acting like children
TransitJohn
Feb 2014
#82
Are you saying that when women want to discuss gender related issues they're acting like children?
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#92
First you agreed that there should be a separate forum where all OP's related to gender issues
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#158
Why is it "acting like children" for women to question why a T & A photo lands on the front page
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#160
No, but MRA responses to feminists are often quite childish. Strawmen, ad hominems, etc. etc.
nomorenomore08
Feb 2014
#157
Harpies? Ya perusing this thread and reading the insults to us women... We are so friggin
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#126
Oh right. Because we passed the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago and women are fully equal
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#90
why did you even start this thread. all day it has died down. why would you start this thread
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#131
fourscore. thank you. thank you for taking the time to explain to me where you are coming from
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#146
this: if women dare to fight back, they are the ones to blame. and this:
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#148