More atheist men than women?

[Brakeman]

Are men generally more prone to atheism, and women generally more prone to theism? If so, does anyone have any theories on why this is the case?

Thanks!

I'm sorry, I feel partly responsible for this phenomenon.
Perhaps other married men also have this same same problem of their wives seeing them as gods.

What to do???

[loganonekenobi]

only an oppinion but a lot of what women do is about children. If Atheism where strong and popular then that is the way the woman would go. At the moment it a relitevly new movment and so some what dangerous. Women are much about bringing their children up in a safe environment and so go with what ever nesseccery at the time so that their children can make it to adulthood. If a woman rocks the boat she might endanger her children.

[Catholic_Lady]

only an oppinion but  a lot of what women do is about children.  If Atheism where strong and popular then that is the way the woman would go. At the moment it a relitevly new movment and so some what dangerous.  Women are much about bringing their children up in a safe environment and so go with what ever nesseccery at the time so that their children can make it to adulthood.  If a woman rocks the boat she might endanger her children.

Interesting perspective.

[Thumpalumpacus]

You did it for self-interested reasons.  That is, you wanted it, so you did it.  "Selfish" is a term that can mean simply "concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure" and that is what you seem to be saying motivated you to have a child.  "Selfish" also though sometimes is used to mean "(Of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people," which is not quite the same thing (though Oxford puts them both in what they are claiming is one definition).  We do not have any way of knowing that you did not consider how this impacts other people, and so it may well be that you were not selfish in that sense of the word.  I am pretty sure that robvalue did not have this second idea in mind; only the first.

Yeah, we kind of figured that out already, thanks.

As robvalue has already stated, that does not necessarily mean that there is anything wrong with it.  We all do many self-interested things, things that are "concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure" without that necessarily being a bad thing at all.  Earlier today, I went to an art gallery, and I did so because I wanted to.  I was concerned chiefly with my own personal profit or pleasure.  That does not mean that I was wrong to do it.  Likewise, that you decided to have a child because you wanted one does not mean that you were wrong to do it.

I'm grateful for your approval. No, really.

Just for the record, how many children do you have?