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In reply to the discussion: Why the New Atheism is a boys' club? [View all]Warpy
(110,900 posts)1. I know more female atheists than male atheists online
but that isn't the case in real life, where the consequences for bucking any sort of social norm are so much harder for women than they are for men. Women need extreme courage to speak out publicly and if you doubt this, look at the way Madalyn Murray O'Hair was treated by people who didn't know her and had no reason to despise her except that she was an outspoken woman atheist.
Patriarchy and its evil twin misogyny are deeply ingrained into this culture and that's the only reason atheism might look like a boys' club to any outsider. Men just have access to better publishers and publicists.
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i pulled fromt he article that it is just more misogyny even in the atheist realm
seabeyond
Dec 2011
#3
No, I had the same reaction as you did at first. The article is kind of clumsily written, and it's
iris27
Dec 2011
#21
I doubt that the reason women aren't taken seriously is because of Miss USA contestants. (nt)
redqueen
Dec 2011
#28
Richard Dawkins had some scathing remarks to say about Women's Studies departments.
Boston_Chemist
Dec 2011
#26