Post #2779764

2026-02-09 10:32 UTC

Is it problematic? yes. Is it evil? no. As long as these gender-exclusive spaces don't preclude people from participating in wider society, it's fine. I can live just fine knowing I'm not welcome in womens safe spaces. I think most women are okay with not being invited to the boys weekend. Just overall this seems like a non-issue. Where I draw the line is things like, men not letting women into certain jobs, or barring them from voting, etc. Basically if you prevent people from participating in society in some way. That has nothing to do with people wanting their own spaces.

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@Kefla@hexbear.net 2026-02-09 10:45

This is pretty much where I stand. I don't think gender segregation *should* exist but I don't think it's high on the list of things I want to dedicate energy to fighting. If you don't want me on your hike I probably don't want to hike with you anyway ![emilie-shrug](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F0e456906-3e93-42fc-902d-2fc3fad704a8.png "emoji emilie-shrug") I think the bigger problem is groups that aren't explicitly gender-segregated but which are so hostile to 'unexpected' genders that they end up being segregated anyway. That's the sort of thing we should be trying to eliminate as much as possible. And I think that's much more common with men's hobby groups than women's but I've never been a man so I can't speak from experience as a man trying to get into something female dominated.

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