My interpretation of this forum..

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So I was reading a bit of the "rules" and the "where do males stand on this forum" threads, and thinking about what I post here, and what someone said about the "Men's Discussion" form that used to exist with the specification that "mature posts do not belong here" and this is my take:

The purpose of the "Women's discussion" forum is for things that males would likely turn into "mature" discussions, but that actually are not mature discussions. If the guys would likely turn it into something about sex, but you don't want to talk about it in a sexual context, it belongs here. Males are welcome to contribute if it's not to turn it into a sex topic. If we wanted the topic to get sexual, it would go to the "adult" forum. The purpose of the forum is to talk about things that guys consider to be about sex but that women don't. So if it's about some breast-related issue, it'd be inappropriate for a guy to make comments about liking boobies. It would be perfectly appropriate, however, for him to mention how his sister/mother/wife dealt with the same issue.

Comments from males are welcome. It's comments fueled by testosterone that are a problem. Does that sound about right?

I know the "men's discussion" forum was deleted because it turned into just another "adult" forum. I'd think that a question there, or in relationships, in which the OP specifies that it's a question specifically for males would be treated the same way.
(One exception that comes to mind... the whole "nice guy" controversy... I can't imagine how women could refrain from commenting that we don't, in fact, want men who will be nasty and cheat.. but I really don't understand the whole thing anyways. Women have the same exact problem with having trouble understanding the difference between being nice and being a pushover/doormat.)

It is uncomfortable that things can just crop up on the main page, and get linked to without it necessarily being apparent it's a Womens forum topic.

And yes, there are times when a male perspective or his recall of how women he knows handled something are really valuable. There a few things that I'm having real trouble with, which I am incredibly uncomfortable about discussing -I suppose they are specifically female/relationship/physical issues, (the stuff you would talk over with a best friend, if I had one) and am loathe to start a thread that could appear WP main page. Yet the adult forum isn't really the right place, as would prefer more considered responses. And no, I don't have access to a counsellor so I really am stuck and will probably just end up on different antidepressants because I have no other recourse with these particular things that bother me

I know there is a "where males stand in this forum" thread to discuss forum content- sorry.