We've had this discussion repeatedly, and you must have missed it. The percentage of male to female members here is about 5 to 1. The entire boards are a men's forum, in case you hadn't noticed. The decision was made to create a special, small corner in which women could talk about their issues comfortably and without ridicule. Before that sub-forum was created, in threads where women mentioned issues like periods or, say, birth control, they were getting comments like "Gross!" or "Ugh, go someplace else with that talk."

Again, these boards are largely male dominated. So don't begrudge the girls their special little safe zone. We have had plenty of threads in the past in Sexuality and other places where men have expressed their dislike of women, by the way. We want to keep this an open discussion forum as much as possible and make it a safe place for both genders to talk openly.