https://ovarit.com/o/Announcements/...-culture/ae549a0c-c0eb-4088-9877-7f27b7e067e5
archived 14 Apr 2021 14:33:24 UTC
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There have been some topics that have caused continued confusion on the site. One is the misconception that some people have had that Ovarit is a women-only website (that users are all women, or that men are told not to register or somehow are barred, or that men are site-banned for admitting they are men).
This is not the case. It's not that we didn't consider trying it, it's that we considered it and
decided not to do that.
This disappoints some, but we did make sure this was stated in our documentation before we launched.
We require that moderators are women. The Ovarit admins are radical feminist women. Communities must be women-centered, but we do not currently believe that we have to somehow ban every male from the site to achieve that. We do not believe it is possible on a site like this to do that. All posts and comments are public to anyone on the internet, and although we currently have invite codes, they are not permanent and eventually anyone will be able to register an account. This is, ultimately, a public internet forum. This is not a "safe space," though it will always be women-run and women-centered
> . . .Ovarit is a platform for different communities. We are trying to keep our scope broad enough that we can platform a variety of communities that appeal to women with a broad range of ideas. This means giving moderators as much control over the circles they moderate as possible while still maintaining our Mission.