Do Men Get Their Say too......?

Sorry, radicalnan, my post came across as being a bit sharp, which was not my intention, I am just curious to know why you feel so strongly about younger people and men not posting on GN.

May I ask, radicalnan at what age do you consider people to be still young?
There are grandparents out there in their thirties, for example. Are they too young to be on GN in your opinion?
I'm sure there are other sites that are predominantly used by men, but what's your problem with men posting on GN? I don't think GN should be exclusively female. Anyway, how would that be policed?

Do you really want to talk about Xmas cakes, lemongrove? It is a dull subject given that it is possible to purchase any number of well made ones instead of that old fashioned and time consuming way of home made but they're never the same!!

Anyway, they are full of calories.

I have in-depth conversations with DH but quite often we take opposing viewpoints about the state of the world - which, if you think about it, is mainly due to the actions of men.

#runsforcover

Ailsa, thanks for your support. As you may have noticed my postings tend to be humorous, I like a good laugh.
My fall happened 18 months ago but my doctor is of the opinion that I will not recover
Brian.

I often smile at the contributions from our male friends - often a refreshing change in attitude too.

Blame it on the testosterone Why not ?
Don't males always put we gals opinions down to'well it must be that time of the month'

Phoenix, I thought I was joking. I'll go back and check it. In the meantime, it's rolling pins and garden dibbers at dawn and don't you turn up for battle in your short skirts and off the shoulder blouses Fellas, douse yourselves with your best aftershave. Mine is Parrot Pee, 25 pence a gallon..

Good luck chaps.

I think that wherever you get a group like GN of a big majority of people of one gender. The minority will probably always to some extent feel rather out of place whoever they are.

And dare I say it men and women (and I am generalising) are different in their interests and social skills and do have different priorities. If this was not the case there would be more men.
No one has ever turned away a male poster who is behaving appropriately on here but it seems to me that more men are the ones who post against forum guidelines.

My point was really, that GN has more ‘female’ led threads than any other forums I have seen, because the name Gransnet attracts more women to the site.

No, I don’t really want to talk about Christmas cakes CardiffJ ( although am all for eating them.)
I don’t think you will get any sharp comments btw.

Perhaps Gransnet is like Woman's Hour, which I believe has a loyal male following (and not just blokes who want to be disciplined by the terrifying Dame Jenni Murray). So many forums, like so many magazines, tend to be subject-specific, whereas GN and WH, although nominally for women, cover a variety of topics of general interest.

Do you really want to talk about Xmas cakes, lemongrove? It is a dull subject given that it is possible to purchase any number of well made ones instead of that old fashioned and time consuming way of home made. Yes, I expect a lot of sharp comments to follow but time moves on and there are better things to do with ones time.

Actually, there may be more men than we think, who knows who is behind a user name?

Christmas Cakes?

It's a relief to learn there are other men here. I'll talk about anything I find interesting.

We have few men on here because few men are interested in the same things as women, and GN is mainly oriented to women and their concerns.
Other senior sites not so much, they have more of a mix.
Before anybody stands hands on hips and says ‘ we have the politics threads’ yes we do, but they are only a few threads out of many.
Look at the thread titles.

Absolutely! I'm with you on all points!

If men and women are wired up differently then I am very grateful for that. Certainly enjoy and have enjoyed the male viewpoint on many a diverse topic. They're usually 'wrong' of course (!!) but I find their input interesting indeed.

hd the site definitely is open to all grandads, grannies, mothers and those without children also the LGBT community ?

I think you'll find that lots of men have 'in depth' conversations about...sport. (Yawn)

Perhaps many women don't have in depth conversations about anything, either.

In the current trans world this entire thread seems a little odd: are we the sex or gender our noms de plume suggest that we are?

Yours neutrally,

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...why is that a problem...

Many men just don’t have in depth conversations about anything and think women talk for the sake of it ! Even getting them to the Dr can be a struggle to talk about an important health concern ! Yes, men are definitely wired different to us on many levels.

I think plenty of men use Mumsnet. It is advertised as for "parents" after all. And Gransnet is for grandparents. If men don't post as much as women do why is that. problem any more than men, on the whole, preferring quizzing more than women do, which accounts for why St Hugh's College, Oxford (originally a women's college) fielded an all male team for University Challenge. It doesn't mean men are cleverer than women, just that men like public quizzes more than women do.