RE: More atheist men than women?
July 6, 2015 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 6:09 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
More Atheist men than women? I'd say yes given my own study of the England and Wales census data. I'm not claiming it's representative though, just that it would add credence to the theory. Though not all religions have more women in their numbers so it's probably not as black and white as it can be made out to be. You can find my source here in a neat table.
There are around 10% more irreligious men (7,747,750) than women (6,349,479). There were also more men who did not state their religion by around 2%. If all religious people are lumped together, there are 929,160 more religious females than males which means there are 2% more religious females than males.
However, interestingly, not all religions had more women than men. Excluding those classed as "Other Religion", only three of the six religions can claim to have more women than men in their numbers. People who come under "Other Religion" are 106,125 males and 134,405 female which translates to 12% more females than males.
Christianity (2,512,563 more women which translates to around 8% more women), Buddhism (14,451 more women which translates to around 6% more women) and Judaism (6,720 more women which = 3% more women) could claim to have more women in their numbers than men. Sikhism had about equal numbers of men and women as there were only around 1% more men (4,928) than women in their numbers.
You hear all these brash statements about how the Muhammadan religion is the best religion for women and how women are converting all the time and yet they had loads more men than women in their numbers, which strikes me as odd given all the rhetoric I hear. It's almost as if they are lying in an attempt to spread Stockholm Syndrome. There were 112,514 more Muhammadan men than women (around 4% more men) which is odd given the general trend that women tend to be more religious than men and this is supposedly the best religion for a woman. They, along with Hinduism, buck the trend of women being more religious - so maybe there is a connection between the two?
Hinduism isn't far behind though, at around 3% more men (421,054) than women (395,579). Maybe the connection between the two religions is honour killings? After all, it is claimed that it is a cultural thing rather than something relating to any particular religion. Or maybe the reason is not honour killings at all - I can't say for sure. Could it simply be that these two religions are much more oppressive to women than the others, hence women want to leave them?
There are around 10% more irreligious men (7,747,750) than women (6,349,479). There were also more men who did not state their religion by around 2%. If all religious people are lumped together, there are 929,160 more religious females than males which means there are 2% more religious females than males.
However, interestingly, not all religions had more women than men. Excluding those classed as "Other Religion", only three of the six religions can claim to have more women than men in their numbers. People who come under "Other Religion" are 106,125 males and 134,405 female which translates to 12% more females than males.
Christianity (2,512,563 more women which translates to around 8% more women), Buddhism (14,451 more women which translates to around 6% more women) and Judaism (6,720 more women which = 3% more women) could claim to have more women in their numbers than men. Sikhism had about equal numbers of men and women as there were only around 1% more men (4,928) than women in their numbers.
You hear all these brash statements about how the Muhammadan religion is the best religion for women and how women are converting all the time and yet they had loads more men than women in their numbers, which strikes me as odd given all the rhetoric I hear. It's almost as if they are lying in an attempt to spread Stockholm Syndrome. There were 112,514 more Muhammadan men than women (around 4% more men) which is odd given the general trend that women tend to be more religious than men and this is supposedly the best religion for a woman. They, along with Hinduism, buck the trend of women being more religious - so maybe there is a connection between the two?
Hinduism isn't far behind though, at around 3% more men (421,054) than women (395,579). Maybe the connection between the two religions is honour killings? After all, it is claimed that it is a cultural thing rather than something relating to any particular religion. Or maybe the reason is not honour killings at all - I can't say for sure. Could it simply be that these two religions are much more oppressive to women than the others, hence women want to leave them?
