I can speak only for myself.
I use to post a lot. I'm quite supportive of this community, I am in a loving relationship with a Transwoman whom I adore. I have tons of friends in this community. But some time ago, I started to feel that no matter what I posted, no matter how much support I showed, nothing I said made a damn bit of difference. I'm a strong, independent, confident woman who believes in empowering those around me, regardless of gender, appearance, occupation, politics, religion, etc. It's difficult to respond to threads in which "womanly things" are often described as housekeeping and child rearing. It's difficult to show support to individuals who reduce a woman's role in their marriage to nothing more than if she supports their crossdressing or not. To TOLD how "real woman" act when I know not a single woman who does those things, is utterly infuriating as again, it's reduced to such trivial topics/actions. It's how women use to feel when told that "women don't have the mind for such intellect" and how a woman's brain was incapable of understanding the complexities of a man.
I don't post in the MtF section often because some people have such a stick up their rear that it's tickling their brains. Even when I've shown support, I've been bashed. Even when I've stood up for people in this community, I've gotten others basically calling me a liar because they've had no personal experience with someone as supportive as I claimed to be.
So apparently, I'm a frikken unicorn. So like the elusive unicorn, I only allow glimpses and flashes of light but no longer bother roaming the woods freely as hunters lurk around every corner attempting to kill whatever beauty they can find because they do not possess it themselves.
