Posted 25 February 2015 - 06:17 AM

It's just so offensive to those who have eating disorders and also HAPPEN TO NOT HAVE A VAGINA. & even if they DO have a vagina, they might not want to be considered a girl or lady. Open your eyes, there are plenty of non-ladies on this website who probably feel extremely: -offended -invalid -unwanted -just fucking shitty because of the amount of people on this site who seem to think eating disorders are exclusive to girls & ladies. Just be more considerate. Thanks.

Sorry bro........Speaking as a male member on here, I really don't see this as a problem myself.

You must have happened to come across one or two of only a small scattering of 4 million or so posts in which (maybe) someone MIGHT have bought into question whether or not a guy can truly suffer the effects of an ED as badly as a female, or 'oh it's different for them, blah blah'. In fact, I haven't yet seen any posts like this myself, but I assume that out of over 4 million posts, there may be one or two like that out there on the forums.

Most posts (by far) ARE made by females, and if it happens to make them feel as though they are part of a close-knit mostly-female community (which it is!) by referring to themselves as 'the girls' then as far as I am concerned, so be it. I think you are taking this whole MPA reference-to-gender issue a bit far here by listing those problems which appear to be affecting you. It's a fairly offensive* stance to take on a board which is, and probably always will be, mostly of female members.

I'm genuinely sorry you feel like this. Maybe you can be a bit more at peace with yourself if you start using the male forum a bit more?

I'm not saying that I don't agree with some of the points you make, but I really think you could have presented them a bit better, that's all.

Anyway, despite what I have said, there seems to have been a lot of support for your post, so good luck to you, I guess!

* -meant to mean 'on the' offensive...........not so much 'offensive' as in 'insulting'