MetaTalk posts tagged with women

Women performing as men as the head of the household?

suedehead — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:54:45 -0800

I'm looking for a post on Metafilter, maybe within the last year or two, about these women who would 'convert' to be men for the rest of their lives - not sexually/biologically, just in terms of their function within their villages (and in some cases in terms of gender, though). They were accompanied by photos of old men (or women) wearing pants and sort of hanging out and looking really relaxed/hip/baller. If I remember, this took place in somewhere in Eastern Europe. Thanks!

Do women even read MetaFilter?

grapefruitmoon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:27:12 -0800

Do MeFites like each other? I've noticed that a lot of MetaTalk threads are MeFites butting heads. Are there any MeFites who actually enjoy each other's company? Ok, so that was my pathetic attempt to be "funny" while referencing a problematic AskMe wondering if women actually like each other. So far it doesn't seem to be a trainwreck... yet... but throw in an unhealthy stereotype of women, some confirmation bias, and a few anecdotes about hell having no fury like a lesbian scorn... Ok, maybe this is just *my* craw that this is stuck in, but I can think of a lot of analogous "Does X group really behave like Y?" stereotype questions that wouldn't be allowed to stand. Anyhow, I suppose the asker is trying to overcome some stereotypes, but I don't think that AskMe really needs to be the place where we try to enlighten ourselves culturally by "refuting" (or not) backhanded accusations towards entire groups of people.

a thread about women's issues without any useless "yuck!" comments from the XY crowd

RikiTikiTavi — Thu, 05 May 2005 13:05:20 -0800

I just wanted to say that it's somewhat refreshing to see a thread about women's issues without any useless "yuck!" comments from the XY crowd. Thought it'd be good to say something nice for a change.

I almost posted this in the thread, which would have been deliciously ironic.

Is Metafilter a Boyzone?

theplayethic — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:23:50 -0800

[Mistakenly posted this on MetaFilter - apologies for category error]

Is Metafilter a Boyzone? Was recommending MeFi to one of my girl-pals, and she came back to me with the following: "interesting...but it's a bit of a men's room, isn't it?" When pressed she cited postings like sex classes, gross-out cartoons, nerdish obsession, flimsy pretexts for nudity, and whiny self-pitying threads about failing manhood. Somewhat surprised, and in mild defense, I cited back postings on the horror of honour killings, drag queens talking about false breasts and male self-parody. Now she's actually v. pro-men, and no knee-jerk feminist, so she's got me wondering: Are we? And if so, does it matter?

MetaTalk posts tagged with women

Women performing as men as the head of the household?

Do women even *read* MetaFilter?

a thread about women's issues without any useless "yuck!" comments from the XY crowd

Is Metafilter a Boyzone?

Do women even read MetaFilter?