ladies...would you feel out of place if you were...

[Dancing Fire]

posting on a forum with 90% male members?

 

[that_someone_special]

As long as they were nice, no

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Depends on what the forum is about.....

 

[mayerling]

probably

 

[ksinger]

Not really. Though they are very different. My hubs frequents a sailing forum, and the women who do post on there are sailors. And they DO NOT get their knickers in a twist about anything. How could they? They''re sailors, and tough as nails from hanging with the boys. But when you get into the general/political anarchy threads, they don''t have mods really, so it''s anything goes. With this crowd, that would never fly.

Basically, it would depend on the forum. I''ve spent some time posting in watch forums, which are mostly guys, and they aren''t too bad.

 

[Lauren8211]

Not necessarily.

Depends on the topic, how the men were, and how well moderated it was.

 

[radiantquest]

Heck no! I would think that those males would appreciate my womanly point of view.

 

[PumpkinPie]

Depends on a number of factors DF - but if they were as wonderful to me as we are to you, then no

 

[Kaleigh]

Probably not if they were nice to me.

 

[CurlySue]

If the tone of the forum made me feel out of place, regardless of the ratio of males to females, I wouldn''t post.

So... if I were posting on a forum that was 90% male, I wouldn''t feel out of place.

 

[Tuckins1]

Possibly. My husband is a member of a few forums for firearms... I just bought my own pistol (for home protection) and would love to talk about it with others who share the interest, but I definitely feel like I would be the odd man out on one of those forums.

 

[dragonfly411]

I post on a body building forum.... vast majority men.. but there is excellent information from professional women about diet, working out and supplements.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

I post on a male dominated forum, and I suppose I''ve developed a thick skin because of it. I''ve posted on car forums and associated local forums for years.

 

[zoebartlett]

It would depend on what the focus of the forum was.

 

[Smurfysmiles]

Absolutely not

I''m a moderator on a VERY large 99% male industry''s forum right now and I sometimes have to put them in their places but for the most part I can hold my own

 

[elrohwen]

Not really. In college almost all of my friends were guys, so I''m used to hanging out with guys and being the only girl.

 

[janinegirly]

I think I would unless it was a topic I felt pretty well versed on (assuming it''s a forum based around specific interests).

Feeling a little self conscious DF? Somehow I think not...

 

[Dancing Fire]

maybe i should joint a HANDBAG forum.

LUNCH TIME!!

 

[onvacation]

I don''t see why that would matter, unless it was a forum about jock straps or something

 

[AprilBaby]

Depends on the topic, but generally, no.

 

[Sabine]

I also think it depends on the topic, and how knowledgeable/comfortable I felt with the topic.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

No. I''ve been in many situations/groups/work environment where I''m practically the only female, and it doesn''t make me uncomfortable. Haha, if anything, I think I make THEM uncomfortable..

 

[packrat]

No, I''ve posted on JD''s trapping forums before and the men are pretty nice b/c they want to encourage women to get into it. I used to work in the laundry of a packing house-I don''t have a problem standing my ground, and it''s much easier to ignore someone on the internet.

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 4/8/2010 2:48:25 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
maybe i should joint a HANDBAG forum.

LUNCH TIME!!

Ha, then you''d really feel out of place... Unless you love the man purse!!!!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 4/8/2010 8:23:03 PM
Author: Kaleigh

Date: 4/8/2010 2:48:25 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
maybe i should joint a HANDBAG forum.

LUNCH TIME!!

Ha, then you''d really feel out of place... Unless you love the man purse!!!!

don''t laugh...i heard they''re very common in HK. i''m shopping a $10K Hermes man purse!!.

 

[Cehrabehra]

it would entirely be based on whether the population was welcome to the diversion or if they were sexist. People are people and I don't care the population, but sometimes it matters to everyone else and that creates an environment unfavorable to mixing of the sexes. I think this board is happy to have male members.

Oh my, that sounded naughty

 

[Cinna]

I work with 95% guys and I do definitely feel out of place. Same goes for online forums.

Interesting experience: When I first joined the almost all male team at work, some talked about "guy stuff" farting and etc... I was extremely uncomfortable. And others used to pointedly hold open doors and offer me their seat if there are no more chairs in the conference rooms. I stopped wearing makeup, doing my hair, actually dressing nicely, wearing my glasses, etc. Now they don''t do the "chivalrous" stuff anymore, and I am able to just join in on the conversations like one of the guys. Although they don''t talk about any crude topics anymore (they do it while they think I''m not in earshot) I still feel like the odd one out at times.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

depends what it was about and the tone of the conversations...

 

[CharmyPoo]

Nope. I participate in several mostly male forums. I went to university in a male dominated field and I work with mostly males ... so no issues.

 

[platinumrock]

Not at all. I''m not exactly feminine and girly, so I''d probably fit right in.