https://lemmy.nz/post/18610200/13255360

This user describes how most of the women-centered communities on Lemmy were shut down due to harassment of their members.

Another user adds “We need a safe space, but most of the women I know on here don’t have the time or energy to moderate it. And there’s so few of us, it feels like it’s not worth the effort anyway.”

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      The admins of what? There is no singular “admins” of the Fediverse. That’s kind of the whole point.

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I still don’t read it that way, but assuming it is, that is still unreasonable. There are simply too many differing viewpoints, by design. The best option for this sort of thing is to start a female focused instance. It won’t be able to affect the wider fediverse directly, but it would be able provide the space that is seemingly absent atm.

    • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
      1·
      2 months ago

      I think that it would be a good start. But only a start; sexism is a social problem, so even if you ban the individuals saying sexist stuff, you still see sexism elsewhere.

      And even if you ban overtly sexist users, others will keep:

      • focusing on topics typically enjoyed by men, and typically disliked by women;
      • interpreting what each other says based on masculine social norms;
      • assuming that they’re dealing with other men unless explicitly told otherwise;

      etc.

      That’s still aggravating, you know? You can’t pinpoint why but it still makes you feel unwelcome.