Is this section of Y! Answers as divisive as claimed?

You certainly do get a lot of extremists here. And yes it's pretty divisive but surely Politics is too. I know before the US elections, that section was in complete frenzy in the run-up. In here you get women claiming they are happy to accept they are inferior to men so maybe it is a bit like Religion where believers say the world was made in 6 days and then God sat down for a nice cuppa. Probably not much to choose between here and Religion- Spirituality.

I'm an R&S regular too and I think more intellectual debates and open-mindedness occurs in R&S than it does in this section. I tend to think that Politics is less divisive than Gender Studies. Although, GS and R&S tends to attract more people who seem to like playing power games and like having power struggles, R&S has more people in that section who are willing to see both sides of a debate or dispute. In saying this though, R&S users block and report more peoples answers and question than the GS participants. As a whole, I think that the sense and feeling of hatred between the men for women, vice-versa, in this section is much stronger than the steamy debates and one-upmanships that occur between the Atheists and Christians, vice-versa in R&S.

depends on the day and time of day here, u/s mornings can be pacy, and the brits are also very active

arvos is teen trolls pretty boring

combative - very

most of it is sub standard baiting - to be ignored

there are some very intelligent people of both sexes who are regular contributors to the section- on topic and off topic, also a broad range of ages and lifestyles

there is one exceptionally intelligent troll in this section - she is uk based apparently - there are also quite a few copies of her - she bases much of her work on what can be practically and theoretically enclosed by a vagina and her interactions/adventures with unicorns, starfish and other baby animals....quite creative

some trolls are better than others....

i think r and s is sillier and of less interest to me, because the trolling is out of hand and the stupid level is very high - though i've seen that here also

politics is a cesspool...

dogs is the most divisive section and baby names...

You think that's bad - try the R&P section: All the arguments about metal versus rap, classical versus rock, pop punk versus real punk, why does everyone pick on Nickelback, etc etc etc.