Identifiable groups based on immutable characteristics or gender-politics cannot be the target of insulting comments, nor can insulting generalizations be extended to members of those groups. Arguments which specifically and adequately acknowledge diversity within those groups but still advance a universal principle may be allowed, and will incur no penalty if not.

2 - No Personal Attacks

No slurs, personal attacks, ad hominem, or insults against anyone, their argument, or their ideology. This does not include criticisms of other subreddits. This includes insults to this subreddit. This includes referring to people as feminazis, misters, eagle librarians, or telling users they are mansplaining, femsplaining, JAQing off or any variants thereof. Slurs directed at anyone are an offense, but other insults against non-users shall be sandboxed.

3 - Assume Good Faith

No accusations of bad faith or deception - including any claim of nefarious intent - may be made towards other users. Please assume others are contributing in good faith.

4 - No Strawmen

If you make statements about another's intentions, then you must accept corrections by that user. Please refrain from mind-reading.

5 - Appeals & Meta Discussions

Meta discussions are limited to moderator-initiated posts - this includes any attempt to call out others for rule breaking. Any appeals of moderator actions must be sent via modmail. A user can only appeal their own offenses, but may refer to recent moderator decisions concerning other users. Any promotion of a method of circumventing these established channels is prohibited.

Previous meta threads can be found in our Archive

Guidelines

Don't downvote.
Be nice. Try to communicate constructively and intelligently. Try to help others do the same.
Report comments that are -ist (racist/sexist/etc), rather than commenting that they are -ist. Don't insult people who "deserve" to be insulted. Don't allow yourself to be baited into breaking the rules by someone who is breaking the rules.
If you give yourself flair, make it accurate.
Make titles clear and descriptive.
After making a post, assign it flair.
Links to threads, comments, or searches in other subs should be np links.
If you use a term that is in the Glossary of Default Definitions, and you use it with a different definition, you should specify that definition the first time you use the word.
A link submission should include a short paragraph stating why you thought it should be shared and/or some thoughts or questions that can be discussed.

Guidelines are not enforced, but please try to follow them.

Banning Tiers

Explanation of Ban Tiers

1st Tier: 24h ban; tier lowered after 2 weeks
2nd Tier: 24h ban; tier lowered after 2 weeks
3rd Tier: 3 day ban; tier lowered after 1 month
4th Tier: 7 day ban; tier lowered after 3 months
5th Tier: indefinite ban of at least a year

Users will move to a lower tier if they do not gain another tier after the specified duration. The use of alt accounts to circumvent ban tiers will result in an immediate ban of any and all known alt accounts in the present and future.

Details about appeals, ban tiers, and clemency for banned users can be found at our Policies page.

Other Policies

You need to be an approved commenter/poster to participate here. Please message the mods for approval.

All rules except Appeal & Meta apply in modmail. Mods reserve the right to post a screenshot of extreme messages sent in modmails/PMs, which may result in the sender receiving a tier.

Comments which contain borderline content or which are unreasonably antagonistic or unconstructive without breaking other rules may be removed without receiving a tier. The mods may or may not allow the user to edit their content and ask for approval to reinstate it - if not, the user has the option to reword and resubmit it as a new comment.

Users who moderators believe are here to troll will be banned. Note that this rule will be applied with extreme caution.

Further explanation and examples of the application of the rules can be found here.

Related Sites

Subreddits

r/MensRights
r/PurplePillDebate
r/feminisms
r/TheMotte
r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
r/Egalitarianism
r/PoliticalDebate
r/FeminismUncensored
r/IntersectionalFems
r/GenderDialogues

Debate Spaces

https://www.themotte.org/
https://www.quora.com/topic/Feminism
https://www.kialo.com/tags/Gender

Blogs

https://thetinmen.blog/
https://amptoons.com/blog/
https://tamenwrote.wordpress.com/
https://draliceevans.substack.com/ https://becauseits2015.wordpress.com/
https://celestemdavis.substack.com/ https://egalitarianjackalope.wordpress.com/
https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/