Dot's message translated:
Ok.
Mods have been discussing this.
There are support mega-threads for other groups and demographic so there is not any specific reason, why a woman thread should not happen if it's being specifically requested.
People talking about Asian threads and every other demographic that they can think of - keep in mind that threads are only made when a community is organically developing on the site and if having a thread helps to support a common place to discuss shared issues - community threads are never made ideologically.
A common-sense approach needs to happen, otherwise people getting offended for 0 reason will ask why there is not a group for people who only like eating blue skittles.
There are already a thread for discussing transgender-specific issues, but that can always be broadened to wider LGBTQ+ if users would be ok with that - I'm not sure why asking for women space is considered to be homophobic because homosexual women exist.
There are some concerns from this however, which needs to be taken into account.
Having peer-support megathreads has never been an issue, but for some reason, women asking for their own thread creates a reactions and debate which has not happened on the same scale as any other threads. With the possible exception of when older members asked for a space to come together, but tbf that reaction was minimal - seeing the reaction has been somewhat disheartening. I'm not sure why women self-advocating and asking for a space needs to be such an offensive idea to people, and get such reactionary responses.
Mods do not want the community to become isolationist and divided, or tribalistic. This is probably the biggest concern because having men and women talk together helps to prevent extremist views, and communities from developing.
Also gender wars have sadly been an issue on the site for a long time, and they take up a lot of mod time and energy.
If there are support threads for "men only" and "women only" then what are chances of these being breeding grounds for either misandry/radicalisation or red-pill content to flourish.
So instead of "men only" and "women only," mods have considered making support threads for discussing "men issues" and "women issues."
Whatever is decided, threads would obviously be inclusive to trans and non-binary members.
So these support threads could potentially be created as an experiement to see whether or not they become a shit-show in the first day. But again, mods are aware of how much extra time and energy would be needed to implement these threads.