Posted: Jul 06, 2011 8:22 am
Watching Rebecca Watson's video (this one), I note that she preambles with a few comments about women and atheism, setting up the gender divide from the outset, and a comment about sexualisation of women, and introduces the term misogyny (hatred of women) in relation to the sexism she thinks exists among atheists ... then proceeds to tell the story about the guy in the elevator as if it demonstrates her point ...
From that, my impression of Watson is of a woman who has taken on the feminist/divisive (us and them) approach to humanism I don't subscribe to.
I apply to sexism Morgan Freeman's approach to racism ...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s[/youtube]
This is not to say it should literally not be discussed, but a reference to the "gossip effect", which perpetuates disharmony among people over a divide that exists only in words and deeds.
Richard Dawkins and Rebecca Watson, I'm Charmaine Louise. I'd say hello in an elevator if I recognised you ... Might even suggest a chat over coffee ... nothing sexist (or racist) in it.
From that, my impression of Watson is of a woman who has taken on the feminist/divisive (us and them) approach to humanism I don't subscribe to.
I apply to sexism Morgan Freeman's approach to racism ...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s[/youtube]
This is not to say it should literally not be discussed, but a reference to the "gossip effect", which perpetuates disharmony among people over a divide that exists only in words and deeds.
Richard Dawkins and Rebecca Watson, I'm Charmaine Louise. I'd say hello in an elevator if I recognised you ... Might even suggest a chat over coffee ... nothing sexist (or racist) in it.