Originally Posted by
Machka
But here's the thing ... women are concerned that if they post something, it will either deteriorate into something vulgar and insulting ... or that they will get flamed or facepalmed because they don't know the right questions to ask or right terms to use or whatever. There's a concern about both things.
Their mistake is that they think that any dumb questions of theirs will be treated any worse than dumb questions from the guys.
There are no favorites here. Dumb questions are dumb questions, no matter who asks them. Here, they are all equally worthless.