tradsaurus is not entirely incorrect -- the number of women who are capable of objectively discussing issues, without emotion is quite small.
But then again, in 2017, the number of men who can abstract from themselves and discuss ideas without emotion is ALSO, unfortunately, quite small. Perhaps a slightly larger number, but there are still men who emote rather than think. So even if I made CathInfo "men only", I would still have to moderate the forum. So it wouldn't solve anything. In the practical realm, I've had to ban equal numbers of both (though I have no exact figures).
So I'm just having mercy on the whole lot of humanity by providing a Traditional Catholic Forum where all traditional Catholics can stay in touch with what's going on, discuss important issues, etc. It has been, and is going to be, a lot of work.
But from time to time, I'm forcibly reminded why some Trad fora are "men only". But I could say the same thing about sedevacantists -- some of them are quite dogmatic and rude about it, they love to argue about it constantly, they anathematize their opponents, etc. But the ones currently on CI don't match that description, or they would be gone. We've "collected" quite a few sane ones. Likewise, we've collected quite a number of women who can discuss things without getting bent out of shape, who aren't Feminist, etc.
But as a matter of fact, the MAJORITY seem to have no problem being a member of an online discussion forum. That is why -- in both cases -- I'm OK with "opt out" rather than "opt in" membership, since the number of good eggs vastly outnumbers the number of bad. In other words, I find it easier to ban the few problem members than to restrict membership and selectively "white list" a few members. That system has worked for 11 years and counting, so I'm not about to change it.
I have separate Mens and Womens forums for more sensitive matters, and that seems to be a perfect solution. Allow everyone on the forum, but give each sex a place to discuss topics which can't really be discussed in mixed company.
So enjoy your conversation, may the best argument win, but please leave ME out of it. There is no need to come crying to mommy (or daddy) in the hopes of getting "parental weight" behind your argument. Just duke it out among yourselves, OK?