It's not the atheist variable. It's the character of New
Atheism. It is distinctive from atheism itself. Atheism is
very simple. There is no critical posture necessary in atheism.
Just a single criticism. Have you known women not to be critical
or hold views about things? We all have opinions and reasons for
them. No, Sam Harris is wrong. == I have a number of female
friends who are atheist. But they don't have the social support
structure than male atheists have. One girl I went to school
with is kinda stuck. She's got three kids and she's raising them
with a good husband and she is atheist. She's been atheist for
decades now. But she has no support, outside of her husband. Her
female friends, she has to hide it from because they'll judge
her. She has nowhere to go in the atheist groups because they're
dominated by the locker room smell of new atheism. So, she reads
her books at home, watches videos, she's into ALL the same
people but the movement isn't for her. I found a few resources
for her to go to for support. Unitarian Universalist churches
are often safe havens for atheists, agnostics and others who
need local support and I encouraged her to join one. No, Sam
Harris is wrong Brett. Remember the echo chamber effect. You're
not seeing the women atheists around here because there is no
spot for them in new atheist dominated online discourse. ==
