A lot of what you said resonates...it is mostly the same in my culture

I would say (without generalizing) is that whenever I have been trolled online, it is by other female writers

I don't know why but they were once my followers

The interesting thing is someone from a culture similar to mine once asked me why I was keen on supporting my 'competition.' As in wasn't I afraid they'd get ahead of me.

Where do they come up with these ideas?