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Originally Posted by rubecube
Just wanted to add that this whole debate kind of kicked off when myself and few others argued that there was still quite a heavy presence of homophobia and misogyny on CP, and then the YLYL thread was used an example. Whether you think it is an example of misogyny or not, it's pretty clear from the number of female posters who have commented in here that they do view misogyny as a major problem. I'm wondering, what does the community and the moderating team think can be done to be more proactive about dealing with misogyny, so that this is a welcome space for female posters?
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While I completely agree with almost everything you (and others making similar points in this thread) said, I think it's fair to make a key distinction that while there is an incredible amount of
sexism on this forum -- and that's absolutely a problem that should be dealt with -- I haven't seen much in the way of outright misogyny. When it does come up, such as in that MGTOW thread recently, the misogynists are called out for their crap, ridiculed, and (at least in that particular case) banned from the forum.
To a certain extent, though, casual sexism can be an even greater problem than misogyny. Most people will recognize and condemn the latter, but the former is insidious and can even be accepted by the majority male population of this site.