Look at the landing page for the site. It's all about Brokeback Mountain and events and parallel topics/issues relating to the film and its inherent subject matter. Jumping out of the page as a bold abberation and labeled "special" and "important" is WOMEN TODAY. Looks, feels, and appears like sexism to me.
First of all,
Brokeback Mountain is not synonymous with "gay men." Yes, the movie's heroes are gay men. But discussing the movie (and story) does not limit one to discussing gay men. You can also discuss symbolism in literature and movies, unhappy marriages, 1960s fashions, infidelity, the Wyoming landscape, economic hardship, Western music, and all kinds of other things. The forum was created to discuss BBM, its effect on the lives of the people who are members here, and other topics that spring from that foundation.
If you look in the top corner of your screen, HerrKaiser, you will see that there are 10,742 topics (threads) on this site. Many are about
Brokeback Mountain. Some are about gay men. Some are about men in general, such as the group of threads that Milo maintains on his blog site. And many, many more are about other subjects, ranging from ketchup vs. mustard to the death penalty. The Women's Forum was created because many of the site's members (the majority, in fact, from what I've heard) are women. Some are gay women, some are bisexual or straight women. But as the site is intended as a community in which people can discuss all sorts of things, the existence of a forum devoted to women's issues seems entirely appropriate. It is featured on the landing page right now because it is new, and we want to let people know of its existence.
But I know most of this is not a surprise to you, HerrKaiser, because I have seen you post on many of those other threads, particularly the political ones. In fact, most of the places I've seen you post do not focus on gay men. Interestingly, this is the very first time I've seen you complain about that.
Hmm ...
