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Permalink Reply by Sydni Moser on August 29, 2010 at 9:27am

Well, it seems that I gotta join up...hahaha... Well ladies, I say we all make an appearance since we will be so well received!

But this is a dilemma - Why is it that there are so few atheist women? I've seen this question bantered around, but It defies my ability to explain this odd occurrence? I've never been a believer, and my daughter having been raised as an atheist embraces rationality herself... Anyone have any novel ideas why there are so few women atheists compared with men?

Permalink Reply by Jonel Burge on February 16, 2011 at 3:40am

Women are peacemakers, women are pacifists, we are raised to not make a ruckus and to do what needs to be done to keep the status quo going. Even if church tells women they are lesser beings, they feel that they must be quiet and accept what is given to them, and that they are lucky, should any attention or care be given to them at all.

Any woman who dares speak up is a bitch, a whore, or a tranny. I've been accused of all three(by atheists as well) when I suggested that minority groups be allowed to choose what word is used to describe them, or when I dared to do things like dress differently than I'm allowed to(which I'm only allowed a nun habit until I lose weight to be considered 'f*ckable'), or when I suggest that males have a privilege that I don't(aka, could I go camping alone, could I sleep outside under the stars alone, could I hitchhike, even, without putting myself in great danger?).

So many people claim that the way sex is today is against christianity--no, it's right in line with it, with women being seen as dangerous and in need of being controlled, fear put into them, the need to be protected, and then blamed for their rapes. Because it's obviously their fault they were asking for it, it's not the males in society--anyone who thinks women really have a choice in their actions is being fooled into thinking that women who don't fit the 'effable' quo are still treated the same. WRONGO.

If you're unattractive you become a second-class citizen, as a female.

And one of the shiny happy thoughts in religion is that in heaven you become super-attractive again, and you're all equal in skydaddy's eyes. It's much fluffier than the hard truth that males treat you like things that only deserve attention if you play to their needs, due to thousands of years of implanted cultural indoctrination and privilege.

Yeah, I'm a hatchet-wielding feminazi. I know, I know.

Permalink Reply by Daniel on February 4, 2012 at 4:04pm

"Yeah, I'm a hatchet-wielding feminazi. I know, I know."

I strongly approve of the hatchet-wielding feminazi agenda.

Permalink Reply by Jonel Burge on February 16, 2011 at 3:26am

My bit:

- Keep in mind atheist women aren't all gonna be the cute little bumpkin in the photo, religion is really good at tossing out the marginalist groups who they mistreated to begin with, like less attractive girls--learn to not pick based on your boner, that girl is probably already taken anyways.

- Some of us don't want to breed. Some of us don't even really want to get married. In fact, quite a few of us have no wish to ever settle down in the suburbs and have a family. Yeah we need more smart parents but for those of us who hate screaming, snot-drooling larvae that other people produced, it's not for us.

And again, that doesn't mean we're all for sex then, either. Or that we're not looking for a long-term relationship.

Permalink Reply by Dylan Alexander Fick on June 26, 2011 at 9:13pm

Wow so basically just keep doing what I'm doing and add a few stickers to my laptop? ;P 

Haha luckily I'm getting OUT of Tennessee so the numbers of Atheist women will skyrocket especially in a liberal, artsy, college-town xD  

Permalink Reply by justin gold on August 15, 2011 at 3:23pm

who's the strawberry blonde in the photo,i want to date her please. = )

Permalink Reply by Kevin Coleman on February 2, 2012 at 1:29pm

Or be yourself. Most of this list disgusts me.

Illegitimately strategizing how to talk to someone. Suggesting plastic surgery. Suggesting hiding the gut, despite someone ultimately finding out about your gut regardless. Hiding nerdy things of your life out of fear of judgement. Haven't human beings evolved beyond all this finally?

Permalink Reply by Kevin Coleman on February 2, 2012 at 1:34pm

I can however attest to OkCupid, some of the people that run that site compiled an Atheist list and sent it to me. Was very intriguing.

Permalink Reply by Lydia Hickman on March 24, 2013 at 9:37am

A simple comment on women atheists looking for other women atheists, romantically. Make orientation a priority over religious views in the beginning. Religion can be overcome, lack of attraction cannot.