RE: Why are there less female atheists?
March 4, 2017 at 10:52 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2017 at 10:54 am by Zeff.)
Interesting question. It isn't only atheists on forums. There seem to be more men involved in humanist, skeptic and even secular societies in the UK. More women than men seem to be religious in the UK...
"....the average age of parishioners is steadily rising (apparently it’s now 61 within the Church of England)..."
And
"...A recent report by the charity Tearfund revealed that UK churches are made up of 65 per cent women..."
source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-...hurch.html
According to a number of surveys of the Church of England women are more supportive of religion than men. The most convincing reason I read was that women seem to be more involved socially (as someone mentioned on page 1 of this thread). They tend to be the Sunday School teachers and networkers. In my experience, more women than men seem to be superstitious, not just religious, but that is anecdotal and may be misperception on my part.
As for Stockholm Syndrome, I believe the answer lies in the word 'syndrome'. It is a widely accepted phenomenon though it cannot be scientifically explained, not to the satisfaction of psychologists in general anyway. It isn't like terrorism in that one person's SS sufferer isn't another person's supporter of extremism.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a...ekey=24038
"Stockholm syndrome: An extraordinary phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to their captor..."
"....the average age of parishioners is steadily rising (apparently it’s now 61 within the Church of England)..."
And
"...A recent report by the charity Tearfund revealed that UK churches are made up of 65 per cent women..."
source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-...hurch.html
According to a number of surveys of the Church of England women are more supportive of religion than men. The most convincing reason I read was that women seem to be more involved socially (as someone mentioned on page 1 of this thread). They tend to be the Sunday School teachers and networkers. In my experience, more women than men seem to be superstitious, not just religious, but that is anecdotal and may be misperception on my part.
As for Stockholm Syndrome, I believe the answer lies in the word 'syndrome'. It is a widely accepted phenomenon though it cannot be scientifically explained, not to the satisfaction of psychologists in general anyway. It isn't like terrorism in that one person's SS sufferer isn't another person's supporter of extremism.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a...ekey=24038
"Stockholm syndrome: An extraordinary phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to their captor..."
