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Critiques are one thing — the outright hostility I see from the skeptic communities towards feminism & feminists goes to another level. I absolutely believe tha
by milesskorpen 13y ago
Critiques are one thing — the outright hostility I see from the skeptic communities towards feminism & feminists goes to another level. I absolutely believe that, even if not more prevalent, sexist attitudes are voiced more loudly and more self-righteously in the internet skeptic community than outside it.
- papsosouid 13y agoYou do realize you are saying "skeptics are skeptical" right? They don't suddenly become monsters when that skepticism is towards feminist mythology instead of christian mythology.
- Millennium 13y agoThe article seems to purport, however, that the skeptic community has its own sort of mythology, and is no better at questioning it than any other group of believers is of its own. For a skeptic, of course, them's fighting words. But it's an interesting concept.
- short_circut 13y agoI think you may have missed my point slightly. Often critique of feminism is held as inherently sexist whether or not that is true. People view the skeptical attack on female privilege and/or rejection of certain aspects of claimed male privilege as sexist. My point being that sometimes people confuse skepticism with sexism. In my mind the unfortunate thing is that some of the big names in the skeptic communities make these criticisms and then later show their misandric or misogynist sides.
- milesskorpen 13y agoNo, I don't think I did. Critiques of feminism is _rarely_ held inherently sexist, in my experience, unless the people doing the critiquing start with open hostility.