Should this board have posting guidelines?

[slowster]

Most of the boards on this forum have posting guidelines pinned to the top of the board. If there are guidelines/rules that you would like to see for this board, please post suggestions/discuss them in this thread.

Moderator warning - I have started this thread for the female members of this forum to discuss this subject (if they wish to do so). Do not post on this thread if you are a man.

[MrsHJ]

I’m not sure-whilst I 100% like the idea I’m not sure there is the volume of women in the forum to generate discussion. We could give it a go for a trail period?

[Slowroad]

I'd welcome more use of this board, but suspect that women are finding answers to their specific issues on other social media, including those where you can be anonymous. Sadly, forums, including this one, are suffering declining audience.

[pal]

It might help (and I think couldn't hurt?) to have a couple of lines explaining what sorts of questions might be posted here (and why they might be better here than in one of the other boards) -- presumably, this would be along the lines of: discussions of any aspect of cycling (equipment, clothing, health, policy, etc) which are of particular relevance to women cyclists?

Maybe it would also be worth saying that (except where specified otherwise -- as in this thread!) contributions from all genders are welcome (as long as they fit the remit of the board). There have been posts here where people-I-assume-are-male have asked questions on behalf of female partners/friends, and that seems absolutely fine to me; and there are also posts where people-I-assume-are-male offer v. useful advice. (On the other hand, there's been an occasional thread which -- imo - has crossed the line into mansplaining; but I'm not sure that's something which can easily be covered in general guidelines -- more a problem for the moderators to address if/when relevant?)

[eileithyia]

The other forum I use also has a women's specific section, rules are along the general lines that posts and respondants should be respectful and not be abusive, dismissive of female specific concerns and excessively mansplain..
Men are not banned as they may find answers to their OH's concerns or ask about a concern etc., that their partner needs answering, however if they act inappropriately they are banned from the women's section.
To be honest i've not seen anything but respectful sensible postings and replies.