Chronuss
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KenpoTess said:nah.. we just share makeup and hairbrushes in the ladies room
suuuurrreeeee....
just testing
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suuuurrreeeee....
Chronuss
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...so...why is you ladies are allowed in here....what is this...the unisex locker room... :wink2: ....don't we get one too....I'm with the Golden One...time to drill a hole...
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Chronuss said:
Oh bugger off sod.. It was Ricardo who suggested the drilling of a hole.. get your facts straight ~! And It's cuz I asked for the ladies locker room.. this is the Bar and grill.. sheesh..
Chronuss said:
You have no idea of what kind of can of worms you just opened up. :idunno:
KenpoTess said:
I happen to agree with Tess on this one.
The Locker Room is for things / items not Martial Arts related.
The Bar and Grill is for ALL of us to kick back and relax.
The Ladies Locker Room is for the Ladies. Get over it. There is nothing in there you would find interesting anyways. No matter what we think as males, women do not always talk about us. I know it goes against the male ego of being the center of the world, and for that I apologize.
Let the girls have their club house, their locker room, their place to discuss issues just between women. Men many times give solutions to problems, and women can empathize and sympathize with each other. They listen. THey support. They Chat about Things, that are not me nor any other male.
I see nothing wrong with the Ladies Locker Room. Even though I know that curiousity killed the cat and satisfaction brought it back. You will have to trust the Admin Team which happens to be all male, that Tess is running things in the Ladies Locker room. And as the name states it is for the ladies.
The best way to get back at them guys, is to just ignore the ladies locker room all together.
This is whole post is just my Personal Opinion.
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Touche' Rich~!!
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Ok,
Listen up, read carefully, whatever, Tess came to me with the idea of the Ladies Locker Room, I endorsed her idea and took it to Bob. The entire purpose of the LLR is to have a place specifically to keep men out. They want to be able to privately discuss things that would normally send me shrieking from a room with my hands over my ears. We are going to respect their privacy, any men attempting to get in to the LLR through subterfuge or other means faces an immediate and irrevocable ban from Martial Talk. Every time, in the past, the women have tried to have a serious discussion, it has been tromped on by 20 men with their uninformed and uneducated opinions. How many time has there been a poll that said "Ladies" only to have ten men vote then say, "Oh, I didn't know it was for women only." Men cannot go into a ladies rest room in public, they cannot here either.
Seig
Listen up, read carefully, whatever, Tess came to me with the idea of the Ladies Locker Room, I endorsed her idea and took it to Bob. The entire purpose of the LLR is to have a place specifically to keep men out. They want to be able to privately discuss things that would normally send me shrieking from a room with my hands over my ears. We are going to respect their privacy, any men attempting to get in to the LLR through subterfuge or other means faces an immediate and irrevocable ban from Martial Talk. Every time, in the past, the women have tried to have a serious discussion, it has been tromped on by 20 men with their uninformed and uneducated opinions. How many time has there been a poll that said "Ladies" only to have ten men vote then say, "Oh, I didn't know it was for women only." Men cannot go into a ladies rest room in public, they cannot here either.
Seig
Rich pretty much said it best.
A couple of points:
1- Every "men only" area that I've ever been on on other boards tends to v-rapidly turn into a porn area. Nothing wrong with that, but it aint here. Now, I've got nothing wrong with a 'men only' area. Heres the rules - no porn, no T&A, and all other MT rules apply. So, who wants to moderate it?
2- The women requested an area that they could talk "girl talk" stuff, without fear of our 'maleness' getting in the mix. There are things women really can only talk about amongst themselves. They don't need some dimwitted guy adding in an inuendo, or outright blatently sexist comment.
3- -Any- guy caught in the Ladies only area will be permanently banned from MT, and where applicable, procecuted. The -only- exception is MT Admins, and only if invited in by the WF mod(s).
4- The WF is still under MT rules. So, they won't be posting porn in there either.
Sorry to be a hard *** here folks, but the ladies made a special request, and we intend to honor it. If -anyone- male or female has a problem with this, I suggest they contact me directly.
Thank you.
A couple of points:
1- Every "men only" area that I've ever been on on other boards tends to v-rapidly turn into a porn area. Nothing wrong with that, but it aint here. Now, I've got nothing wrong with a 'men only' area. Heres the rules - no porn, no T&A, and all other MT rules apply. So, who wants to moderate it?
2- The women requested an area that they could talk "girl talk" stuff, without fear of our 'maleness' getting in the mix. There are things women really can only talk about amongst themselves. They don't need some dimwitted guy adding in an inuendo, or outright blatently sexist comment.
3- -Any- guy caught in the Ladies only area will be permanently banned from MT, and where applicable, procecuted. The -only- exception is MT Admins, and only if invited in by the WF mod(s).
4- The WF is still under MT rules. So, they won't be posting porn in there either.
Sorry to be a hard *** here folks, but the ladies made a special request, and we intend to honor it. If -anyone- male or female has a problem with this, I suggest they contact me directly.
Thank you.
I can't imagine why there's wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth over a women-only section. I suspect that if anyone wants a group limited to members of set X, then they can fork over the hosted forum fee to Kaith and get it, unless the definition of X is itself offensive. I see some people are offended by a gender-based restriction but it does not seem credible to me to b surprised that, in the world as it is today, there are things women prefer to discuss amongst themselves. When we have universal unisex bathrooms, maybe things'll change. (I doubt it.) No one else will see the forum, so complaints about being locked out should disappear, unless we frequently see members of the special room posting "If you only knew what we were saying behind your back..." out here. I would be very surprised to see that be the case, frankly, but who knows.
The only concerns I could see are the possibility that posters will spend time there chit-chatting rather than out here contributing to discussion of the martial arts, and that it's already led to a lot of pre-emptive negativity ("immediate and irrevocable ban", "men with their uninformed and uneducated opinions", "permanently banned from MT, and where applicable, procecuted" (sic), etc.) in this thread and elsewhere. For the former, hopefully it'll just be a reallocation of UB&G/Locker Room posts to somewhere else. For the latter, those with clues now understand and those without won't pick up on it no matter how often it's said.
The only concerns I could see are the possibility that posters will spend time there chit-chatting rather than out here contributing to discussion of the martial arts, and that it's already led to a lot of pre-emptive negativity ("immediate and irrevocable ban", "men with their uninformed and uneducated opinions", "permanently banned from MT, and where applicable, procecuted" (sic), etc.) in this thread and elsewhere. For the former, hopefully it'll just be a reallocation of UB&G/Locker Room posts to somewhere else. For the latter, those with clues now understand and those without won't pick up on it no matter how often it's said.
Chronuss
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jfarnsworth said:
I see that now...Christ, everyone's usually a bit more light hearted than this...and usually don't take everything so damn literally or personally, but apparently I struck a nerve and got flamed. I thought the unisex joke was funny, but I guess everyone else's opinion slightly differed...I mean damn, it's a :deadhorse now, so everyone take a hit.
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Nobody is any less lighthearted .. I think women who are majorly outnumbered by men in Martial Arts .. should have a place where they can discuss what comes naturally to them. Don't think Men want to partake in a conversation re: " gee I wear a white gi and have to deal with monthly accidents.. or cramps.. you guys get enough exposure to female issues via TV.. Nobody is going to be posting less in the MT topics.. Nobody is 'chatting' away in the LLR. it's just a nice haven where we can go in this large world of men We love ya all..
Tess
We love ya all.. Tess
I'm majorly busy at the moment tightening the hatches as it were, so unfortunatly, can't be quite as 'laid back' as I'd prefer. I also don't have the time/patience to deal with any BS, so have to be blunter than normal.Chronuss said:
Apologies.
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Hakuna Matata~!!!
Chronuss
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how you figure no worries... :idunno:
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edhead2000
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Then why am I still single?theletch1 said:
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edhead2000
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You know I'm fun to take out on dates! so grrrr.Chronuss said:
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edhead2000
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Do you really want to listen to us talk about our periods and ovaries and diets and sex lives? If so, I'd be more than glad to discuss it with you OUTSIDE of the forum. Or, I could tell you all about my ovaries right here.Chronuss said:
yeah, didn't think so! hehe.
Chronuss
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TMI..... ...damn...still getting yelled at... :wah:
...damn...still getting yelled at... :wah:
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edhead2000
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yeah.......didn't think you really wanted in!Chronuss said:TMI.....
Chronuss
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okay...it's over...it's done...time to stop.
