Agree with you entirely Pegasus. However, as I mentioned, PsychCentral has unintentionally created the illusion that the mens forum will be read exclusively by men and the women's only forum will be read exclusively by women, though I think that most forum users must be aware by now that some women are looking in on the (mens only) posts and vice versa.

It surely makes it difficult for men to be as frank and open as they would like to be. Or at least, that's what the skimpy posting there suggests. Even though we are all essentially anonymous here, our presence on one sub-forum surely bleeds into another. Given this scenario, I doubt very much if many men are going to willingly discuss their impotence, addiction to porn, abusiveness to women, to use a few examples, knowing, especially now, that women are looking in on them.

As there is probably no sure way to create a failsafe sub-forum, segregating participants based on gender, it might make sense for the administrators to at the very least, better publicize the fact that both forums are being read by all, a disclaimer of sorts that will save people from potential embarrassment.