Sexism on the board

[Shewasfly]

Hello. I'm a straight woman and I enjoy sports. I'd like to be able to talk about them on here from time to time without being subjected to sexist talk or have to look at random pictures of half naked women. I don't think men would be told to tolerate being in a space where they were talked about like objects or like they're inferior anymore than women should be asked to.

I also would appreciate if the rules would be applied the same across the board. If a guy can post hundreds of irrelevant pictures of naked or nearly naked women and no mod bats an eyelash, the mod(s) who see one picture of a half naked man should not be allowed to immediately delete that post and especially so without explanation.

My suggestion is to deal with this, immediately. Thanks

[kyphi]

You go, girl,but don't go calling people morons, either.

[ReturnofMVP3]

Try the offtopic board for more pictures of males.

[kyphi]

Try the offtopic board for more pictures of males.

[kyphi]

Hello. I'm a straight woman and I enjoy sports. I'd like to be able to talk about them on here from time to time without being subjected to sexist talk or have to look at random pictures of half naked women. I don't think men would be told to tolerate being in a space where they were talked about like objects or like they're inferior anymore than women should be asked to.

I also would appreciate if the rules would be applied the same across the board. If a guy can post hundreds of irrelevant pictures of naked or nearly naked women and no mod bats an eyelash, the mod(s) who see one picture of a half naked man should not be allowed to immediately delete that post and especially so without explanation.

My suggestion is to deal with this, immediately. Thanks

I've been here 10 yrs longer than you, and you do have a valid point. Realgm HAS become better with restrictions on pictures of scantily clad women. We have some globals who have women's backs on this matter. Plus, we now have spoiler tags which help also. But, and it's a big but, this is a sports' site and sports' culture does include scantily-clad women. It's everywhere; sex sells.
Most of these pictures are in game threads across RealGm and include pictures of that team's "dancers" as good luck charms. Some game thread creators go over the line with seemingly endless pictures. Most of the time, I contact a mod and suggest these pictures have spoiler tags since they are not safe for work. In fact, sometimes they are already in tags with NSFW above them. Thank-you to you dudes who do that.
There is no way these pictures are going away altogether so I suggest you pick your battles and just ignore most of the pictures. Plus, don't make it personal by calling posters names; that's a fast track to a ban.
PM me if you want to know whom to contact about the egregious ones.

[Shewasfly]

Hello. I'm a straight woman and I enjoy sports. I'd like to be able to talk about them on here from time to time without being subjected to sexist talk or have to look at random pictures of half naked women. I don't think men would be told to tolerate being in a space where they were talked about like objects or like they're inferior anymore than women should be asked to.

I also would appreciate if the rules would be applied the same across the board. If a guy can post hundreds of irrelevant pictures of naked or nearly naked women and no mod bats an eyelash, the mod(s) who see one picture of a half naked man should not be allowed to immediately delete that post and especially so without explanation.

My suggestion is to deal with this, immediately. Thanks

I've been here 10 yrs longer than you, and you do have a valid point. Realgm HAS become better with restrictions on pictures of scantily clad women. We have some globals who have women's backs on this matter. Plus, we now have spoiler tags which help also. But, and it's a big but, this is a sports' site and sports' culture does include scantily-clad women. It's everywhere; sex sells.

OK, then I should be able to do the same, as should other women posters. Again, as a woman I am sadly used to seeing women objectified, so its not just about the pictures themselves. I would bet my last dollar that in the Heat game thread that I'm referring to--that I'm sure you are aware of--the guys were alot more bothered by my pic than I was about theirs because they are not used to seeing their gender objectified like I am. And so they feel entitled to feel more justified about taking exception to my post than I do to theirs.

But all that said, when I post the same except with men, I do not expect mods to immediately delete my post because its not their taste. Their taste is not mine either, but I am told to suck it up and deal with it so why shouldn't they?

Most of these pictures are in game threads across RealGm and include pictures of that team's "dancers" as good luck charms.

This part makes sense if the pictures are actually of dancers. Restrictions need to be put in that this is what its kept to. I wouldn't have an issue with that, especially since they will at least have on team memorabilia. But if that restriction isn't made in game threads and women/gay men fans cannot begin to post the pictures that we like to see, that is clearly unfair.

There is no way these pictures are going away altogether so I suggest you pick your battles and just ignore most of the pictures. Plus, don't make it personal by calling posters names; that's a fast track to a ban.
PM me if you want to know whom to contact about the egregious ones.

Ask yourself why they have any right to be present in the game threads? Guys can make separate threads to post T&A all they want, why are they entitled to have them in game threads?

[Shewasfly]

You go, girl,but don't go calling people morons, either.

Who called anyone a moron? What was said before that response was given?

Try the offtopic board for more pictures of males.

Why? The thread I am complaining about was a GAME THREAD.

[kyphi]

"Morons" was used as an overall term for personal insults. I actually debated between that and maroons or idjits but don't know your posting style/age yet, so I decided to use a real word. sue me

[Howard Mass]

Hello. I'm a straight woman and I enjoy sports. I'd like to be able to talk about them on here from time to time without being subjected to sexist talk or have to look at random pictures of half naked women. I don't think men would be told to tolerate being in a space where they were talked about like objects or like they're inferior anymore than women should be asked to.

I also would appreciate if the rules would be applied the same across the board. If a guy can post hundreds of irrelevant pictures of naked or nearly naked women and no mod bats an eyelash, the mod(s) who see one picture of a half naked man should not be allowed to immediately delete that post and especially so without explanation.

My suggestion is to deal with this, immediately. Thanks

Shewasfly,

If you see any pictures or talk that you feel is inappropriate, just hit the ! button and The Moderators will look into it.

[El Turco]

Baiting

[RIPskaterdude]

I also agree that there should be more pictures of unclothed men on here, here here!

[blkout]

I only want to see pictures of unclothed men

[Shewasfly]

See? Now aren't you guys glad I made this thread

[Howard Mass]

The GOTB jokers...............

[RIPskaterdude]

Wow who said I was joking? SMH

[Howard Mass]

This thread is done.

Shewasfly: If you have further questions or concerns, please let me know.