Women's Forum - Are private forums necessary?

[Buttercup]

No ... they aren't talking about your dick size. They aren't talking about you at all. And to the naysayers, if you don't get that it's neither about you, nor that it doesn't take anything away from you, then there's not much I can say. lf you don't get it, I'm certainly not going to be able to change your mind.

[tomthorne]

Well that's even worse. Men should be talked about all the time. We're that important.

[sandman]

Oh come ON! If there wasn't a women's forum I'd just get tired and swollen-headed reading the constant ooh-ing and ahh-ing over my utter loveliness. I couldn't stomach that, thank you very much.

[tomthorne]

But all the guys say that about you too, sandman.

[divea]

Oh come ON! If there wasn't a women's forum I'd just get tired and swollen-headed reading the constant ooh-ing and ahh-ing over my utter loveliness. I couldn't stomach that, thank you very much.

You knew that?? All this time I thought, you were completely unaware of your loveliness.

[Buttercup]

Ew. There's definitely nothing about sandman's tired swollen head.

[catch-22]

Ew. There's definitely nothing about sandman's tired swollen head.

That sounds dirty to me...

[Chewycorns]

the only benefit is networking with female posters in an environment where no-one makes jokes about shit. Like it or not, it isn't always easy for young girls especially, in Asia. They have fewer expat peers, especially out of Taipei, and may have different health or social concerns that they don't want to discuss with the world at large, but may ask a group of other women.

Like it or not, life isn't easy for a large number of expats in Asia regardless of gender. Why tribalize it? Are women that delicate and dainty that they need the special and private treatment? Perhaps, I am the 'real feminist' here by thinking 'no.' Giving them their own private forum to discuss such issues is like making them wear a burkha when they go to the hairdressers as far as I'm concerned. Being protected from the big bad world, eh?

[catch-22]

the only benefit is networking with female posters in an environment where no-one makes jokes about shit. Like it or not, it isn't always easy for young girls especially, in Asia. They have fewer expat peers, especially out of Taipei, and may have different health or social concerns that they don't want to discuss with the world at large, but may ask a group of other women.

Like it or not, life isn't easy for a large number of expats in Asia regardless of gender. Why tribalize it? Are women that delicate and dainty that they need the special and private treatment? Perhaps, I am the 'real feminist' here by thinking 'no.' Giving them their own private forum to discuss such issues is like making them wear a burkha when they go to the hairdressers as far as I'm concerned. Being protected from the big bad world, eh?

Do you really want us asking questions like where to buy tampons in the main forum? Cause I will start purposely making things as awkward as possible for amusment.

[tomthorne]

So, Chewy, single sex education. It seems that you're against it.

I'm glad to hear that. I also support closing down all those elitist, single sex private schools.