Like someone else mentioned, if you have a request, make a thread for it. Or if a thread already exists, keep it alive. And don't keep making new threads if one already exists.
Going into a thread and trying to invalidate other people's requests isn't going to help your cause - it's counterproductive. I think this is because the ffxiv team is more receptive towards request posts rather than posts rejecting requests.
I'm all for more masculine options, but it doesn't seem like this thread was made for that. It was to remove gender restrictions on gear.