[davemel37]

There is actually a forum my wife participates in for Married Orthodox Jewish Women that has done an excellent job qualifying users before letting them in.

They ask questions that even their husbands wouldn't know.

All women.com needs to do is ask questions about feminine products and they'll keep out most men.

Edit: For the record, my wife participates in the forum dozens of times a day. The ability to discuss sensitive issues with other like minded women in a verified exclusive forum is an incredibly good idea - one that is proven to work.

[bravura]

Aside: I recently went to a bar and didn't have my driver's license.

When this happens, the typical bouncer response is: 1) Realize that I look well over 21 years of age, and wave me in. 2) Be a hard ass and not let me in.

This particular bouncer looked at me and asked: "What was the first album you bought?"

I answered promptly, and he seemed content with my answer. I imagine this is something that would be hard to do, off-the-cuff but quickly, if you're faking it.

(In case you're wondering, the album with The Wayne's World Soundtrack. I wanted to hear Bohemian Rhapsody.)

[Mandatum]

Are the questions catered to American women, or are they universal? Do you have a few examples? I find it interesting that this works..

I can't imagine what you'd ask men. Cars? I know nothing about them. Tools? No idea. Cooking, sport, shaving your beard.. I've got a beard trimmer?

[davemel37]

Many months ago there was a thread on HN about words that only males or females know the definition of... Thats one option... (I can't track it down.)

In the case of verifying women, you can simply ask the difference between different tampons or whatnot and most guys will have no clue. There are lots of things that ALL WOMEN know that men don't.

In the case of the forum my wife participates in, they ask questions about what happens at the Mikvah. While a few men might know the laws around this, no jewish male has ever been present at the mikva, and no single jewish women either... It is an experience exclusive to married jewish women...and there are specific things that are said and done that most men would have no idea how to answer. The few that would know the answer would likely stay away from the site in the first place (if they even use the internet!)

Edit: Here is the questionnaire. http://balaboostas.com/forum/entry/register?Target=%2F

[tel]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7949183 is the men/women kne.

[jiggy2011]

Are these things not googleable?

[davemel37]

Not really. Many of these questions boil down to specific customs that are observed by different sects of Orthodox Jews. For example, how long to wait between eating meat and eating dairy can either be, 1 hr. 3 hrs., 5 hrs., 5hrs and 31 minutes or 6 hours.

If your other answers aren't consistent with the others, it would be obvious to the moderator. (i.e. you went to a lubavitch school, but wait the sephardik amount of time between meat and dairy.

Sure, some people can probably figure this all out, but the questions are just as much for making the users feel comfortable than it is to keep the one moron who googles this all, out of the forums.

[DanBC]

Or people could try asking on the Judaism Stack Exchange: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/

[facepalm]

Maybe men can find female friends to help answering the questions.