Posters with female names

[EternalOptimist]

Steady on Mudskipper. You should have seen the grief I got over on mumsnet

[TheFaQQer]

This has been bothering me.

Traditionally, new posters sometimes get a hard time. Being asked about gladiators/radiators might be confusing, but is harmless.

However, when the new poster has a female name, I think some of the behaviour is shocking. If she's used her real name, even moreso.

I am talking about this thread as an example. The recruitment consultant who posted early in the New Year is another.

I can imagine that a poster, especially a young, attractive woman, could be genuinely upset by this kind of banter, and almost certainly would be pretty surprised and disgusted. I wouldn't want it to happen to my daughter.

Rant over. (Off to change my nappy)

Call me picky, but couldn't the moderators actually moderate this kind of thing?

(The other thread, not this one)

[Old Greg]

Call me picky, but couldn't the moderators actually moderate this kind of thing?

(The other thread, not this one)

You would think so.

[mudskipper]

To be fair, if anyone clicked the 'report' button, they probably would.

[TheFaQQer]

To be fair, if anyone clicked the 'report' button, they probably would.

If past performance is anything to go by, I sincerely doubt that.

[suityou01]

To be fair, if anyone clicked the 'report' button, they probably would.

You mean you didn't?

Why not try that before starting this thread?

Are the decorators in?

[SimonMac]

You mean you didn't?

Why not try that before starting this thread?

Are the decorators in?

I think she is past that stage in her life by now

[northernladuk]

I think we rip apart plenty of posters with male or madeup names if you have a good look around.

[TheFaQQer]

Why not try that before starting this thread?

If you report a post and it gets deleted, very few are any the wiser.

If you discuss your impression that some posts are, you feel, inappropriate then it might make people more aware that they could consider some of the things they write.

[northernladuk]

If you report a post and it gets deleted, very few are any the wiser.

If you discuss your impression that some posts are, you feel, inappropriate then it might make people more aware that they could consider some of the things they write.

Or verbally kick the **** out of them so they crawl away with a lesson learnt.