Reason being that I was recently sent a survey by a national charity that asked if I was either male/female/transgendered, so I guess I'm kinda betwixt and between on that one. Yes, I did make a comment :-))
As to why women don't comment, we do tend towards the technocratic side of politcs which can present as a barrier to entry. If you don't really know that particular subject you can't comment on the general level on how you feel about things, you have to go in at the insider level and not everybody can do that. Even I'm cutting down on my comments outside of OT, and I've never considered general ignorance a deterrence to letting people know what I think. keep to the Fen Causeway