Why do posters discount men's advice about babies / children simply because they are men?

I've seen several posters in the parenting boards who disregard answers that are given by men, or deride men who are trying to give their best advice. The impression that I get from this board is that a man's opinion - at least when it comes to childred - is worth less then a woman's, regardless of the man's experience.





Do women understand that some men want to be involved and do have good advice to give, but when they see women saying basically 'you are a man so you don't know', they are very discouraged? It seems like many of the women on this board only care about a man's opinion when he agrees with her and only want him to support the decision they already made.





This seems to be very strong with anything regarding mothers in law, emotions, or serious choices about how to raise a baby. Even men who may have had children and been in the exact situation are discounted simply by an edit that says 'Poster, are you a man?'.





Does anyone else even see this as a problem?Why do posters discount men's advice about babies / children simply because they are men?
It is a problem. We're coming out of a generation full of women caretakers though. This is truly the first time we've seen a LOT of involved dads, so I think some women still have a hard time accepting a man's opinion. I trust my husband's opinion on almost all of our child-rearing issues. It just goes person to person. My mother still puts my dad on a need-to-know-basis for almost everything.Why do posters discount men's advice about babies / children simply because they are men?
I could see it as a problem, but really havent seen the problem here, show me a link.
I personally don't do that. Some of the best advice I received as a new mother was from my older brother, who didn't even have children yet. His friend's all did. He helped me figure out several techniques to breastfeeding, because he had been around all of their wive's when they were breastfeeding their children.
I guess I just find it weird that a man would choose to hang out in the ';pregnancy/parenting'; section of Yahoo!Answers.





But if his answer is legit, then I treat it like any other poster.
personally, i love to hear a guys opinion on a subject... if it's a real answer. some guys seriously just put their two cents on a subject to piss people off. but i think some women need a reality check sometimes. a guy's outlook on parenting differs greatly from a woman's and it's not wrong, both views are needed most of the time. so thank you for trying to help when you choose to.
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I completely agree with you. I have noticed this myself.





in fact I answered a queston the other day and was shocked to see how many women don't even believe a man should have a say in whether their baby is aborted or not. As you can see from my response I believe men should have rights.





http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…





I think it's ridiculous how some women complain about men not taking responsability for their kids and then when you get a man who does, they don't want to hear what you have to say. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for you and other men like yourself.





to the second poster....why would it be weird for a man to be in the parenting section? Men are parents too you know? what a ridiculous statement.
I've never discounted a man's opinion. The only time I have ignored a man's comments, is when they make a rude comment that doesn't help. But I ignore comments made by women who are being rude also.