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Thanks BA. I am doing my best to believe this at my core, but it is taking a while. Thank you for saying it though. My own happinness was on hold for so long I still feel guilty for working towards it sometimes. 🤗

Religion is a major factor in this. Almost every religion on earth, all that have come and gone and all that are still here, have placed men above women. It is/was the men that matter, whereas women were sold to the highest bidder and the spoils of war. Women were often married off by their fathers in a bid to elevate the status of the family. She had no say in the matter. Let's not forget a dowry. The groom-to-be had to pay the father for the girl. I have looked for a valid reason to satisfy my own curiosity, but every path I have gone down has led straight back to religion. Personally I think religion is a disease that people refuse to move away from. Have your beliefs, worship your god, but try to stay away from claiming any titles unless it is culturally significant. Jews are one example. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ScottishDeeDee "I may seek approval and acceptance by women, but I know that while I want that, I would settle for polite tolerance by men." Why would you do that to yourself? You should never settle to make someone else happy. Screw them. Your mission in life is not to make them happy. It is to make you happy. It is to protect your children and make sure they grow up happy and healthy. We both know men are not that special. Stupid, willfully ignorant, and a-holes, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. But that doesn't mean you have to bow to their will. It's those reasons and many more that make me hate men. That may sound weird coming from a transgender woman who was AMAB. But it may also make sense to some. What I'm trying to say, is that if you have to settle in any situation, then the person isn't worthy of you. Kick them to the curb, and only associate with those who are worthy to be in your presence. I know that sounds narcissistic, but it's not meant that way. The only time I can see settling is at work or in the military, where you have those with a higher position of power or a higher rank. Then you have no real choice.

The online arguments were simply both sides choosing to use ridiculous ideas to show that the other side was biased. The statistic bandied about in the press are that 97% of UK women have been sexually harrassed or attacked at some point in their lives, which I actually can believe although the report it is taken from actually states the number is somewhere from 71% to 86% dependant on age, with the 18-24's most likely to receive harrassment. https://www.unwomenuk.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/APPG-UN-Women_Sexual-Harassment-Report_2021.pdf The bigger issue is that very few women report people because they are so used to it they don't see it as serious or because there is a distinct lack of trust in the system to do anything about it, but even if they do it will end up with the woman having her character and life torn to pieces by the defendants lawyer instead of the mans actions being seen as predatory. I could not agree with this sentiment more, which is why I will continue to dream of a day when people can live with one another respectfully instead of hating and fearing one another.

Sometimes it takes a lifetime to achieve. And even then, sometimes it's just barely out of reach. But if a person is lucky, they have people in their life who are willing to lift them up so that they can get just a little bit closer, so they can at least graze it with their fingertips.