I haven't had alot of experiences in women only spaces when it comes to real life. My all girls soccer team in high school had a male coach, I had my boyfriend in the room when I gave birth, I don't go to salons, the parenting group I am in holds meetings on the weekends so dads can come. I think all of the situations in my life which should have been women-only ended up having a few men involved. Online I've had more success in groups like this one and also on a mom's only online website. What I have really found that's great about women only spaces online is that women are more supportive of each other and less insulting in debates. I used to go on girlpunk.net's message board, but left when one guy on there kept saying I was a fat cow and my boyfriend was going to leave me. I was in lots of feminist groups on myspace but got kicked out of all of them for getting in arguments with men, who of course insulted me by saying I was just a "little girl" and being downright sexist. I haven't had alot of problems in women only groups.