So, we’ve had an influx of whiny male egos in the ModMail as of late. I’ll admit - I skim about a sentence of these and trash them because they’re all more or less the same thing. A bunch of NPCs endlessly echoing the exact same sentiment: “My perspective is UNIQUE and SPECIAL and you’re DISCRIMINATING for not letting me shit up your meticulously curated space with my MALE TEARS!”

We don’t respond to these directly as a policy because there are far too many and we’d be wasting our time. Pearls, swine. All that. But I want this on public record so you have absolutely no excuse to message us with your concern-trolling asking “bUt wHy CaN’T mEn pOst??”

Look, boys, we know every facet of society reinforces the bullshit notion that men are the “logical,” “intellectual” sex, but I’ll tell you what your mommy obviously didn’t: There is literally nothing you can say to us that we haven’t heard before. Your thoughts are not special or unique. You have nothing to say that hasn’t already been said to every woman here thousands of times before. Your patriarchal constructs, male perspective, and “devil’s advocate” arguments have been shoved down our throats from the day we learned to speak. There is no perspective you can offer us that we simply neglected to consider.

We know this may be a completely foreign concept to you, but, unequivocally: your opinions, no matter how “well reasoned” you believe them to be, are not welcome here. They are not valued here.

Banning men isn’t “discrimination.” You have never faced discrimination for your sex in your entire life. This is the same reason why the BET channel exists and it’s not discriminatory. The equivalent “white entertainment network” hypothetical you all like to trot out is called literally every other fucking channel on television. Similarly, every other subreddit (including the so called “female-oriented” ones) is dominated by men. Your voices drown ours out everywhere we go. The social contract dictates we suffer your inane, ill-informed arguments and narcissistic perspectives in every other space for our whole lives. We will not suffer it here.

We don’t give a fuck how “polite” your post is, either. Violent, dismissive, misogynistic rhetoric is couched in “polite” words all the time. Also, you’re transparent as fuck. We know damn well you don’t care about “equality.” I would gladly stake my very life on the odds that you’re not messaging the moderators of the male-only MGTOW, RP, or Incel subs to complain about them excluding women. You're certainly not out there trying to shout down the hundreds of thousands of men on this very website who advocate for rape, murder, and assault against women simply by virtue of us existing. Who do you think you’re fooling? We made our own space on what you thought was your Super Secret Boizzz Clubbb website and you’re salty about it. Reddit is the 7th most popular website in the fucking world. It’s not “yours.” Grow up.

Let me spell it out for you in plain English:

You are not entitled to use OUR platform to spread your misogyny, no matter how “well intentioned.” We know, we know - men have been standing on the backs of women and taking credit for the work we’ve done since the dawn of time. We won’t allow it here.

If you really believe your truth is so insightful and valuable and that women just have to hear it, you’re welcome to create your own sub. If what you have to say really resonates with and validates the lived experience of half the population, you’ll have no problem creating the most successful subreddit of all time. You won’t even need to come here trying to bother us anymore!

Please, I beg you. You just go right on ahead and try to tell these women what’s what.

I’m sure it will be very popular.

Edit: While I really, truly appreciate the gold I just received - if you're thinking about gilding this post and are in a position to do so, please consider donating that money to a nonprofit that supports women in need instead.

I will be donating $25 to Planned Parenthood for the gesture.