Do you think that all pregnancy forums are sexist?

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pregnancy forums are sexist?" /> I'm an expecting father, and I have been doing more research than my wife. And I want to get involve in my wife's pregnancy. But apparently, looking through forums, there are no traces of men, one forum even asked me to leave. That's ridiculous, if it's not because of our sperm, women won't be even get pregnant.

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I'm sorry people were rude to you.  It's not a sexist forum.  It's something where women can share their journeys, and a woman's journey is very different from a man's.  A small word of advice: I wouldn't say things like, "women wouldn't even be pregnant without our sperm" in a place full of hormonal women.

Men wouldn't get to be fathers without our eggs!

Sorry...hormones!

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I'm sorry you were told to leave. Woman can be bitches I guess. It's great that you want to be more involved.

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Not to rude but I think a lot of women on here are rude! I hate as a soon to be father you have to experience this.

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What sort of forum where you asked to leave from? There are some forums I get can be gender specific.

I haven't really seen any sexist behavior - more often I've seen women being welcoming to the guys here on glow :) it's just that there aren't a lot of them. I know my boyfriend goes through the forums here (hello darling) from time to time but he never posts. I think it might be because a lot of the posts are about 'feeling' - either physical or emotional - changes related to pregnancy: and your sperm simply doesn't let you feel that ;)

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If you post a specific issue regarding your situation you are a lot less likely to get offensive responses and more likely to get supportive responses.

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If you were asked to leave a forum; I'm wondering what the circumstances were. The only time that I have been offended by the posts of men on here is when they make blanket statements about women or when they are bashing all women then asking for support from women regarding their universal issue. Example: why are women so selfish and bitches when they are pregnant?

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My SO feels the same way. I'm a nurse so I already knew what to expect with my pregnancy but he didn't and was really into doing research and asking questions. Even the doctors and nurses treated him like he didn't matter. It's awful!

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I don't think they are sexist, I think women and men each have vastly different experiences during a pregnancy, and women want to relate to other women who are going through the exact same thing. I'm sorry you were told to leave, but I would probably search for a men's forum. You'll probably still get very useful information from another mans point of view and experiences. Sorry people were rude to you.

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