This is a women-only discussion community. If you do not identify as a women or fall under the umbrella cited in the community sidebar, then please refrain from posting or replying.

We’re fighting a losing battle. This is a space where we are very clearly not wanted, and we cannot discuss women’s issues without hostility.

Keep it limited to makeup and fashion, I guess, unless you want to be brigaded!

I’m over it. Let the boys have their playground. Lemmy is not a space that is welcoming to women, and, because of that, unless sweeping changes are made, I just don’t see myself ever recommending it to any women as a good place to make a community.

I’m not going to contribute to its growth or content any longer. “PROGRESSIVE” space. Garbage. Absolute fucking hypocrisy. I’m so sick of having to explain myself and be made to feel like I need to justify my existence here.

Good luck, sisters. I’m desperate for community, but this feels more like a battleground than it does a home.

We appreciate the sideline supporters who respect the community rules & expectations and are respectful enough to not interject. You are very much loved and respected, brothers. 🫶

EDIT: This community & its moderators have been nothing but kind & respectful to men who post here, and are constantly shit on & downvoted because of it.

I have resorted to being hostile! And I see very little difference in how this is being received compared to them.

My blood pressure too high rn.

EDIT 2: Mods… I’m sorry for leaving you to find this dumpster fire of a thread! I gotta go to bed and I’m sick of trying to explain things to people who don’t actually care or want to understand.

Women: attempt to foster & curate their own community to talk about women-centric issues and experiences without being drowned out by majority voices

The rest of Lemmy:

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
    238·
    7 months ago

    Yeah, we wrongly expected men to respect this space.

    Guess that’s too much to fucking ask.

    You have the rest of this fucking website to do whatever you fucking want. And we have ONE single tiny space we respectfully requested you do not post to.

    And yet. Here you are!

    EDIT: Ladies, if there’s not a lock on your door, regardless of the “please do not enter” sign, you can’t just expect men not to enter! IT’S THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT!!!

      • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        154·
        7 months ago

        It’s like standing in the mall and shouting that the floor tile you’re on is yours and yours alone and then getting mad that someone says “ok”

        No, it’s like we requested a room in the community center for our meeting, and some fucking dumb-ass barges in, sits down, and inserts themself into our conversation!

        Or! You could stay out of women-only spaces when requested! No?

        I don’t have the time or tools to host my own instance, so maybe just stay out of our fucking room until we do.