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iris27

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32. There's a big difference between a ladies' quilting bee and the popular

Reply to Quartermass (Reply #24)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 05:59 PM

Dec 2011

face of atheism today. Are you suggesting that women need to start their own, separate atheist "movement"?

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Why the New Atheism is a boys' club? [View all] Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 OP

I know more female atheists than male atheists online Warpy Dec 2011 #1

That's what I was thinking. Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #5

You are right to mention O'Hair, who is probably the most familiar name Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

they attacked her, IMO... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2011 #23

They were especially poisonous because she was a woman Warpy Dec 2011 #27

You may have a point. I don't know who it was Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #40

I've been to several atheist meetings and functions... PassingFair Dec 2011 #2

I agree since my situation is similar Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #6

i pulled fromt he article that it is just more misogyny even in the atheist realm seabeyond Dec 2011 #3

The gifts of patriarchy. nt Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #7

yes. nt seabeyond Dec 2011 #10

Where is this from? I'm curious to read the whole article. iris27 Dec 2011 #4

My bad!! Can't believe I forgot the link! It is from The Guardian Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #8

"New atheism" is a media invention, not an actual movement. laconicsax Dec 2011 #11

Huh - actually looking at the article as a whole, it says exactly that. iris27 Dec 2011 #12

I guess my knee jerked. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13

Similar articles are posted usually in the "R/T" Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #15

The irony of that is off the charts. laconicsax Dec 2011 #18

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #14

Some of my favorite atheists are women. MarkCharles Dec 2011 #16

Lol! Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #17

That "someone" was ME! MarkCharles Dec 2011 #19

I doubt that the reason women aren't taken seriously is because of Miss USA contestants. (nt) redqueen Dec 2011 #28

I think women Atheists are a lot more reluctant to come out. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #20

Richard Dawkins had some scathing remarks to say about Women's Studies departments. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #26

Your point is? laconicsax Dec 2011 #36

He's got a hidden post in this thread. iris27 Dec 2011 #41

I had forgotten about that feature! laconicsax Dec 2011 #42

I know a few women who are atheists and just don't discuss it much stuntcat Dec 2011 #22

If women can have their own clubs, why can't men? Quartermass Dec 2011 #24

There's a big difference between a ladies' quilting bee and the popular iris27 Dec 2011 #32

Atheism isn't a boys club. laconicsax Dec 2011 #37

I think you're being deliberately obtuse EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2011 #38

+1 laconicsax Dec 2011 #39

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Unlike men? redqueen Dec 2011 #29

Uh? Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #30

Not really, no. (nt) redqueen Dec 2011 #35

Wow, that's some over-the-top sexism right there. iris27 Dec 2011 #31

So women cannot be thusly? Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #33

Saying "women", instead of "some women" is a broad-brush bigoted attack. n/t iris27 Dec 2011 #34