Men Posting in the Women's Views Forum--good or bad??

[D_B]

So would you like more of a heads up when you click on the new posts button to know that you are headed for forbidden territory?

That may be a good idea .. something like the "Last Post In This Thread Was More Than X Days Ago" warning

If you knew in advance that you were clearly going into the women's view section would that change how you might respond to the question knowing it is in the women's section rather than the general population forums?

In general, for most, I would say yes .. for me personally .. not so much different ...

 

[mania]

Well
Have you thought that having men giving their comments may be valuable to many women?
I don't look here very often mainly because some of the topics are making me crazy. And some of the questions are way "too blond ones" (with all due respect to natural blondes).

As to the thread oyu mentioned - I haven't see the add but even if it was tasteless you should buy diving gear based on its quality rather that some stupid ad.

Mania

 

[ArcticDiver]

Perhaps the forum title isn't as accurate as it might be. Perhaps it should be titled more in the vein of Affecting Women. In any case, I don't see any forum on this board other than perhaps the secretive instructor forum as closed to anyone. I might add that I don't agree with the secrecy of the instructor forum. But, it isn't my web site and not my rules.

I find interesting, entertaining and often useful information in just about all the forums. To me the forum you are concerned about is no different than the DIR or Solo Diver or any of the other forums. We are all free to participate as we see fit as long as we keep conversations civil. That is as it should be.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

I think maybe even something as simple as on the new posts page to change the forum title on the right hand of the page to to women's views/diving related
women's views/ non diving

Something at the top of the page like you see in old threads might be helpful too or a different color scheme on the page like a light pink background.

So let me ask for those of you who have come upon this thread--did you know you were coming to the women's view forums or did the thread title grab your interest and carry you here before you knew where you were going?

 

[drbill]

Why, Leah... it is always good to know what your anemone... er, enemy... is thinking.

As some have pointed out, I think people are not always aware of what specific forum they are posting in. If they are like me, they read ScubaBoard by using te "New Posts" button which displays new posts in all forums since one last logged on. I then pick subjects that are of interest to read and possibly post on. Frequently I don't even look to see what forum they are in.

 

[mania]

Leah
But what's wrong with men posting in Women Views?

Don't you want to have another perspective? Men's one. It's good to know what do they think about women stuff....

Mania
PS. BTW I ahve moved this thread to Non Diving Related Women Views as it was originaly posted in "diving related" part. And this thread is not diving related....

 

[D_B]

I think that the question now, is not to keep men out, it is now if there should be some way to know if your in the womans forum .. and would that make a difference on what he would post, if he knew

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

Leah
But what's wrong with men posting in Women Views?

Don't you want to have another perspective? Men's one. It's good to know what do they think about women stuff....

Mania

Well, back to my first post in this thread--what is then the VALUE of having a women's forum in the first place??? I am not saying to add a women's view forum--it already exists--I am asking the value it.

I get men's views on all the other threads and they have been most helpful to me. I spend most of my time on SB reading posts by men and find it very worthwhile. Most of the advice I have received about diving has come from men because they out number women by a large margin. I am not saying I don’t value the advice of men. I do value the advice and opinions of men a great deal.

So I am just asking what is the value of having a separate women's forum when mostly men post? Why have it at all? A women's view forum that is populated by men telling women how to view things seems odd to me.

Does it bring any extra added value to the board as it is now? No one has really answered my question. Turning it as personal attack of well—don’t you want to hear what men think? As if I am some man hater. I am not. I am asking why have a separate forum and value does it bring as it now stands.

 

[mania]

Well
I still think that many women - mainly new SBoarders - would not ask "can I dive during menstruation" in general forum.

And even if I think this is a stupid question - still I think we need a place they can ask this question more freely. In Women Views they would be more willing to do so.

But I still see no reason ta make this forum as opt only.

some of men comments here are really good ones- just see the Salvo thread you mentioned....Sorry, they had a much better attitude toward the whole story than few women who felt offended.

Mania

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

So you agree more with the men on the Salvo thread--

What about all the men who said both in that thread and this one that they ended up in the women's forum without knowing they were posting in the women's forum.
Why hide on the new posts page that it is the women's forum? Or does the board feel that without hiding that is the womens views forum there will not be enough women who know how to answer whether or not you can dive while having your period or any other question that a women feels more comfortable asking another women