Age-ism in Reenacting

Sometimes it just really hurts my feelings when I share my research with people and they thank the person who posted after me who said the SAME exact thing I just said or they thank the person who said something rude towards something historical and fluked onto something interesting but are too lazy to google, etc. One time it was a man who got the thanks and another time an older woman. This has bothered me sometime in the hobby. If you aren't old, married, or male, you don't know squat. Well this college student did something a lot of mature women didn't do, asked for sources, etc. But hey until I turn grey, get married or get a sex change I am just words to ignore.

And this would not bother me if no one said thanks, but it DOES bother me when someone repeats what I said after I said it to get all the thanks. I know I am not the only young adult who has experiences this in Civil War Reenacting and we just love how these same people complain the hobby is getting so small, no young people, etc. Maybe because a lot of y'all are excluding us and treating us like we know nothing because we are young!