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"So to preface this is posted in literature.cafe’s meta community but this question is primarily aimed at generally anyone in the lemmyverse who is NOT a cisgender man no matter what instance they may be in. The purpose of this thread is to present a stage for conversation for those willing to contribute, and although cisgender men are not excluded I kindly ask you to be mindful of the fact what this thread is meant for and try to avoid talking over others here. If you are a cisgender man interested in learning and seeing how lemmy can improve like I am: welcome. For those who are here to cause issues or talk over others though, you will be promptly removed.

I do not know the demographic data of lemmy, but I would wager a large portion are male. And over the past few weeks I have witnessed women on numerous occasion discuss their discomfort on here. Reddit very much had a very “bro-y” feeling culture for many, that felt like a barrier to entry to many women. With lemmy, there’s a potential to break this. But the answer really is how? Lemmy has begun to develop into its own culture already independent of Reddit quite rapidly, and it’s been awesome to see but I am wondering if there’s a way we can push it a step further and implement ways to make the platform more welcoming to women than Reddit previously did.

Thoughts?"

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[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, not a woman, and not trying to talk over anyone. But perhaps something that could be done is a "women of ____" community on each instance. For instance, !WomenOf@literature.cafe, !WomenOf@Startrek.website, et cetera that's modded in a similar way to witches vs the patriarchy on reddit. A space for women, modded by women. Men aren't banned or anything, but the space is intentionally woman-oriented, be they cis or trans. Each instance could make their own, which would mean dozens of such communities, some generalist, some focused on specific issues, fandoms or interests. At the very least, it may help bring more women to lemmy, and more women on lemmy should help prevent the bro-yness.

Again, though, not a woman, so please do point out if that feels segregationy or something, that's not the intent.

[–] BolsheWitch@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

we’ve got !womenby@hexbear.net here although it doesn’t get used much. it’s the mirror of !menby@hexbear.net.

both have “enby” in the name to be inclusive of any enby folk who happen to lean closer to either binary.