To Women: Why Are YOU Joining *OUR* Forums??!
Posted: September 6th, 2012, 3:11 pm
Do you get the pun?? “Our†forum? There is no Ours vs. Yours; this is simply a public forum: not some exclusive club with membership restrictions, pledges, and secret handshakes. True 99% of the people here are men – and that will always be so. But it’s supposed to be a place to share knowledge experience and ideas which enable us all to hopefully improve ourselves and our lives!
BUT If you are a woman, ANY kind of woman, I have a few questions for you:
1. What’s your nationality/region?
2. What general age-range are you in? 16-20? 20-25? 30’s? 40’s?
3. How did you stumble upon HappierAbroad?
4. How long have you been here?
5. And what is your general opinions of this place so far? What do you think of the “culture†here?
To be clear on my perspective on women: I don’t hate all “Western†women, not even 25% of them. I have many great female friends lately. I have to endure a lot from them about “how bad their boyfriends areâ€. I only hate ONE women – and we’ll leave it at that.
So if you reply I promise not to criticize you, insult you, or make snide remarks. I can’t guarantee my fellow gentlemen will be as kind. But If they do, just let it roll off, don’t even respond to them..
Because I think that, as men, we should be tolerant of and appreciate the *very few girls who somehow find this forum. Who are brave enough to make an account, and try to participate in this community.. Even if we don’t always agree with them!
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I have one other set of questions for young women here:
1. Why did you join?
2. Also What did you hope to get out of your experience on HA?
3. Are you actually finding it educational? beneficial??
4. Or did you just join out of curiosity? (to see what all these expat men are talking about??)
A member of this forum saved me from almost committing suicide – which led me to this forum – So that’s why I am here.
But if you are a woman I’m really curious: WHY are you here???
I wrote this mainly for the very few of you women (I know) are hiding somewhere in here - but I also welcome the comments and experiences from the guys.
I want to get some commentsfrom real women, to see what You think about this place? I just don’t want this to turn into a big flame war, because that benefits nobody.
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Almost every member here knows what misandry is (hatred of men), which is a very serious problem in western societies. But it also seems to me that there’s a lot of hostility towards any women here: I’ve seen several women sign up only to delete/abandon their account a few days later. It’s as if “letting them stay too long could manifest itself into a disease†and then forum would be ruined.. C’mon? Nonsense!!
If anything, having more smart women on HA would not destroy but might actually benefit the community! Imagine that! I personally would love to see more, especially English-speaking foreign women. We’re the guys going to the ends of the earth trying to date YOU – so wouldn’t it make sense to get more of input into the process?
Atleast 10% of users here should be women - IMO. I would even go so far as to suggest we should have a “Women’s only†section on this site – though I know few will agree with me.
Last I checked this site is called HappierAbroad.com not “Men’s Only: Guide to Life, Dating, and Living Abroadâ€
That would imply that EVEN some women might benefit from this forbidden knowledge! Hell, you may even enjoy being an expat and dating foreign guys! Plus leaving behind Western society for a few years could be a great boost to your mental health and happiness.
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And a final question for the men: How often does it happen that you disagree with someone here, then they falsely accuse you of being a woman or a “mangina†– and the whole thing rolls into a flame-war?? Just because you didn’t agree? You don’t have to drop names or quote threads, But I’m curious to know if it’s happened?
Obviously this shouldn’t happen to established members who have a lot of reputation. I’m just pointing out that a lot of times replies are misconstrued for being an “angry feminist woman†when they're just stating an opposing viewpoint. While we can never truly tell who’s male and who’s female? We just know there ARE atleast SOME women stalking this forum. Rite??
I realize that most women here (how many?) will probably never read this, and it will soon be buried under a mountain of other post. But I’d really like to have an open, honest, and constructive (*not hostile) discussion about this.
Anyway thanks for stopping by!
BUT If you are a woman, ANY kind of woman, I have a few questions for you:
1. What’s your nationality/region?
2. What general age-range are you in? 16-20? 20-25? 30’s? 40’s?
3. How did you stumble upon HappierAbroad?
4. How long have you been here?
5. And what is your general opinions of this place so far? What do you think of the “culture†here?
To be clear on my perspective on women: I don’t hate all “Western†women, not even 25% of them. I have many great female friends lately. I have to endure a lot from them about “how bad their boyfriends areâ€. I only hate ONE women – and we’ll leave it at that.
So if you reply I promise not to criticize you, insult you, or make snide remarks. I can’t guarantee my fellow gentlemen will be as kind. But If they do, just let it roll off, don’t even respond to them..
Because I think that, as men, we should be tolerant of and appreciate the *very few girls who somehow find this forum. Who are brave enough to make an account, and try to participate in this community.. Even if we don’t always agree with them!
______________________________________________________________________________________________
I have one other set of questions for young women here:
1. Why did you join?
2. Also What did you hope to get out of your experience on HA?
3. Are you actually finding it educational? beneficial??
4. Or did you just join out of curiosity? (to see what all these expat men are talking about??)
A member of this forum saved me from almost committing suicide – which led me to this forum – So that’s why I am here.
But if you are a woman I’m really curious: WHY are you here???
I wrote this mainly for the very few of you women (I know) are hiding somewhere in here - but I also welcome the comments and experiences from the guys.
I want to get some commentsfrom real women, to see what You think about this place? I just don’t want this to turn into a big flame war, because that benefits nobody.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Almost every member here knows what misandry is (hatred of men), which is a very serious problem in western societies. But it also seems to me that there’s a lot of hostility towards any women here: I’ve seen several women sign up only to delete/abandon their account a few days later. It’s as if “letting them stay too long could manifest itself into a disease†and then forum would be ruined.. C’mon? Nonsense!!
If anything, having more smart women on HA would not destroy but might actually benefit the community! Imagine that! I personally would love to see more, especially English-speaking foreign women. We’re the guys going to the ends of the earth trying to date YOU – so wouldn’t it make sense to get more of input into the process?
Atleast 10% of users here should be women - IMO. I would even go so far as to suggest we should have a “Women’s only†section on this site – though I know few will agree with me.
Last I checked this site is called HappierAbroad.com not “Men’s Only: Guide to Life, Dating, and Living Abroadâ€
That would imply that EVEN some women might benefit from this forbidden knowledge! Hell, you may even enjoy being an expat and dating foreign guys! Plus leaving behind Western society for a few years could be a great boost to your mental health and happiness.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
And a final question for the men: How often does it happen that you disagree with someone here, then they falsely accuse you of being a woman or a “mangina†– and the whole thing rolls into a flame-war?? Just because you didn’t agree? You don’t have to drop names or quote threads, But I’m curious to know if it’s happened?
Obviously this shouldn’t happen to established members who have a lot of reputation. I’m just pointing out that a lot of times replies are misconstrued for being an “angry feminist woman†when they're just stating an opposing viewpoint. While we can never truly tell who’s male and who’s female? We just know there ARE atleast SOME women stalking this forum. Rite??
I realize that most women here (how many?) will probably never read this, and it will soon be buried under a mountain of other post. But I’d really like to have an open, honest, and constructive (*not hostile) discussion about this.
Anyway thanks for stopping by!