Okay, there used to be a similar situation at a women's (dyke) bar here in Toronto. Men had to be accompanied into the bar by a woman because so many men went to the bar with the express purpose of picking up woman, and more than one would be nice.

I'm assuming that women collected in places like a female webmasters board want to deal with issues that are unique to women. They don't want to have to deal with male testerone, male attitudes, a man's approach to doing things, or men trying to pick up chicks. They don't want to have to explain to men why they have a problem with so-and-so or why they like to do this so-and-so way. It all gets in the way of what they're trying to accomplish.

It's no different than a lot of HIV-positive guys like to only have sex with other positives. They don't want to have to deal with a negative guy's fear, apprehensions, misconception, etc. They don't want to have to answer a bunch of questions. They just want to fuck.

Female webmasters presumably want to build a community that supports themselves, that deals with issues that directly affect them.

Women do not face any resistance in being here because generally speaking women are not threatened by gay men, nor do they have to prove that they're straight. So many straight men, not all but many, constantly have to prove that they're straight, or at least prove that they're not gay. We have a few straight guys on this board who fit in just fine.

But believe me, if a woman came in here spouting a bunch of nonsense, it wouldn't be too long before we'd throw her out, I imagine.

I hope that helps clear things up.

Cheers
Dzinerbear