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[thesummerqueen]

I'm egalitarian, so I agree that sexism operates in both ways - but if I tell them that they're being equally as sexist towards men, I'll get branded with the red "M" as fast as any man.

RW was much more famous in the skepticism community than in the atheist, but to sum up the rest of your post, the problem is that you can't be part of the skeptic community without expecting your particular ideology to come under question and she doesn't like it when feminism does.

However, I'd like to restate that you can't expect atheists to always be the rational ones or have the open minds - Joe Rogan is a famous atheist and he denies the moon landing. Seriously. The skeptics I'd have more of an expectation of rationality, and the social awkwardness is definitely a part of it. The skepchicks would argue that what they're doing IS education, and in intelligent, meaningful and calm discourse it is.

But the problem is you can't have meaningful discussion with a group which puts out naked calendars and then says you're not allowed to objectify women.

Many good people have come under fire from these bitches - I'm personally friends with Ben Radford, who is the sweetest Skeptic you'll ever meet, who loves women and actively encourages them in every way possible, and he was attacked for, dun dun DUN, being skeptical of that stupid little "Riley" video where the girl was complaining about the color pink. Brian Dunning was also attacked for several different little things, and DJ Groethe got himself mixed up with them as well - before Elevatorgate.

And Shell, I agree with you - except about the Skeptic part. Skepchick, part yeah, but Skeptic pretty much sums up a way of treating the world. The problem is these wackos don't deserve it.