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Women only trans inclusive This is an inclusive community for all things women. Whether you're here for make up tips, feminism or just friendly chit chat, we've got you covered.

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  1. Women only… trans women are women, and transphobic or gender critical talk isn’t allowed. Anyone under the trans umbrella (e.g. non-binary, bigender, agender) is free to decide whether a women's community is a good fit for them.
  2. Don’t be a dick. No personal attacks, no aggression, play nice.
  3. Don’t hate on groups, hatefilled talk about groups is not allowed. Ever.
  4. No governmental politics, so no talk of Trump actions etc. We recommend Feminism@beehaw.org for that, but here is an escape from it.
  5. New accounts or users with few comments may have their posts removed to prevent spam and bad-faith participation.

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What do you all think of a WomensStuff supporters group open to all genders? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Hey all! A male supporter has offered to open a community called WomensStuffSupporters that all genders can reply to. That gives men somewhere to show support that isn't here and also make here easier to moderate.

There's the option to X post from one to another, which is wouldn't want to happen automatically as some people wouldn't like that.

What do you all think of the idea? I'll leave this post up for a while before a decision is made.

Edit: you can message me if you don't want to say publicly. I won't let people know you contacted me, I'd just potentially say someone messaged saying they did/didn't want it

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[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It's not impossible for a concept like this to work. GirlGamers on Reddit allows men to comment, but not make posts, and the men there are on the whole very respectful. You would occasionally get a toxic guy, but it was pretty infrequent and the moderators removed those comments quick. There are also a lot of moderators on that subreddit.

However, lemmy has a really peculiar monoculture of men who are left wing, but either get extremely defensive whenever someone brings up feminism or are actively anti-feminist.

Case in point: I feel like that group you mentioned kind of already exists, and it's witchesvspatriarchy, which gets brigaded by angry men on the regular, to the point where it's sometimes difficult for that community to operate as it was originally intended. I would be concerned that it would turn into a space where women get drowned out by large brigades of men in the community, and it just becomes an echo chamber where men criticise women and feminist thought; it would be an open fire hose for any moderator on that community.

So I'm just not sure if it would work on Lemmy. At the very least, not until more women start using the platform.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep I post in WvP a lot, it's horrible. I actually have to be careful not to post feminist stuff a few days in a row because it's a lot of work for the mod. The guy is happy to take that bullet though, his thinking is it could make here safer for us and men can show support there. I totally understand your concerns.

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 days ago

Maybe there needs to be a new Witches vs Patriarchy that cannot get brigaded 😉

[–] Sirence@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

Ha I really wished I had read your comment earlier today. You are spot on.