With more people joining Lemmy and other decentralised networks there is a growing shift to the common misogyny and sexism we find on other social media networks (YouTube, Reddit, etc.).
I think it’s pretty obvious that the reason is that there are even less women here than other places online. What are your ideas on how to change that? Or do you feel it is a lost cause?
Last time I saw a female-centric issue brought up on Lemmy, folks were very openly hostile. It also became a discussion of “well, what about men?? Men also experience this issue!!!” while frothing at the mouth (search up “women-only Lyft” to see the hostility + comments completely missing the point).
Sure, you need to be a bit more tech-saavy to use Lemmy, but the spaces & discussion here meant for women are often invaded by unfriendly folk and people who barge in to joke about/make light of the things that are being discussed.
Yes, that’s actually one of the topics I was thinking about when I made this post!
There are also some bigger communities still completely missing from Lemmy that I think should have a voice on this platform (for example r/blackladies). And the Lemmy pendant of “Witches VS Patriarchy” only has 15 subscribers. ╮(￣ω￣;)╭
There is witchy memes, which is admittedly not the same as wvp but still a nice community
Bring back SRS! I guess SLS