Why so many "anti-feminists" in the atheist community?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

None of your point had anything to do with feminism, but I suppose that's besides the point

What is feminism?

Difficult question, really. There a re numerous strands of philosophy and political activism that feed into it. I've always thought of it as a subset of egalitarian thought, though some may dispute that.

I identify as an egalitarian but I do recognise the issues that women face around the world. I think that a lot of vocal feminists around on the Internets do give the general movement/idea a disservice, and then of course you get the general dross of people who have a social media account and an axe to grind without actually really studying the thing they're supporting/berating. My fiancéis an academic (microbiologist). Not too long ago it was a male dominated field, now it's more a woman dominated field (anecdotally, going off the laboratories and staff I've known over the years), but there are still very few senior female academics in her sector. It's certainly not down to ability, I can tell you. But perhaps there are other issues, such as lack of available funding and a piss poor recognition of science and engineering by successive UK governments/.

Feminism is as nuanced and diverse as any other political thought, be it rational choice or neo-realism. I'm not really an expert in that field, though, but the wider egalitarian and enlightenment movements have undoubtedly informed feminist thought. I don't think it was ever supposed to be about people accusing someone of being sexist or rapey when they try and chat you up in a lift, but that's the world we live in I guess.