I have come on site this morning and wonder what has been going on!
fletchesmrs I think I can sympathise with what I think you are getting at in your numerous posts across two threads last night.
Yes there are a
few men on here who will patronize and belittle us. I have had that, especially in the "Help" sections when I use my long experience of car mechanics, but find my comments are ignored (because I am a women; what does she know?
?)but men I have noted also are ignored. Yes, also some of the boyish banter can be offensive, but usually it is just plain annoying like the "Post Count" issue recently were boys have been playing pranks on each other!
There are other times when I can feel uncomfortable, especially when racial and religious "feeling" are expressed, but that must apply equally to many men on here, not just the women!
So what have we really got on here fletchesmrs??
We have a male orientated site; a car forum; male domain, were most of the membership is male. As in a pub or club they come on here and express whatever they feel like expressing, but are, unlike in a pub or club, restrained by Forum guidelines and the Admins.
We have therefore a site where us women can come on if we want to join, for whatever reason, the community on here and share the love of the Omega, mechanical things in general, along with all subjects to do with life or so it seems many a time!!!
Therefore overall fletchesmrs we contribute to this site
knowing that it reflects life, and more importantly for us, is a male dominated area of life consisting of cars, sex, booze, sex, food, sex, football, sex; do I need to go on? Just like being in a pub or club!
These are the facts then, but believe me, as many members know, I am one of the first to wave a "red card" if there is what I consider inappropiate comment. Just like in real life there are authorities to approach, the Admins, if you feel agrieved. This works very well and if you visit this site on a regular basis you would soon understand that fact.
Why then fletchesmrs do you feel the need to launch a sustained attack on the men of this site last night? Why attack all, and individuals, in what I see as a pre-mediated campaign? Most men on here are very polite, considerate, and thoughtful, with a healthy respect for women. So why launch a mass attack? It is grossly unfair!
This post has gone on long enough, so as you must get my drift by now, lets just say that your "approach" does us women no favours at all, and makes us seem weak and timid as we expect men to give us "special treatment"!!!
We ARE the equal of men fletchesmrs, so we do not need special treatment, and I personally do not need a fellow woman to come on here ranting to achieve some form of special consideration on a male car forum!
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