Speaking of being thrown overboard…Greta has a pair of terrific posts on Ron Lindsay and Women in Secularism 2. One is on the content of his talk, the other is on the context.
From the first one – on the “shut up and listen” part.
This section has been addressed at length by many other writers. But this is the place where I’m discussing it, so I’m going to address it again.
I do not know anyone — and I mean anyone — who is a serious and respected leader or writer advocating for feminism within the atheist movement, who is telling men that they have nothing to contribute to the conversation about feminism, simply because they are men, and that all men must shut up about feminism permanently. [Read more…]