Feminist Women’s Attitudes towards Feminist Men in the Canadian Atheist Movement

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" Feminist Women’s Attitudes towards Feminist Men in the Canadian Atheist Movement "
Jonathan Simmons

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081101
Doc. No	:	LA124730
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18785417-01002002‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jonathan Simmons
Title & Author	:	Feminist Women’s Attitudes towards Feminist Men in the Canadian Atheist Movement [Article]\ Jonathan Simmons
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Gender
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/2
Page No	:	182–201
Abstract	:	Scholars of nonreligion and atheism have become increasingly interested in how the atheist movement reproduces gender inequalities. This growing research area is especially concerned with atheist activism’s contradictory embracing of gender egalitarianism on the one hand (especially when embedded in a critique of religion) and the exclusion of women from atheist spaces. Limited information is available on male atheists who identify as feminist or who express agreement with feminist goals. Although some scholars have addressed the rejection of feminist claims within organised nonreligion, this article examines both men’s adoption of the feminist label and women’s attitudes towards feminist men in the atheist movement. Drawing from thirty-five semi-structured interviews with atheist activists in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, I show that some feminist women perceived feminist men as passive or guided by insincere motivations (primarily to earn the attention and approval of women within atheist organisations). These findings shed light on the dilemmas of feminist men in atheist activism and contribute to understanding the gender dynamics of some atheist organisations. Scholars of nonreligion and atheism have become increasingly interested in how the atheist movement reproduces gender inequalities. This growing research area is especially concerned with atheist activism’s contradictory embracing of gender egalitarianism on the one hand (especially when embedded in a critique of religion) and the exclusion of women from atheist spaces. Limited information is available on male atheists who identify as feminist or who express agreement with feminist goals. Although some scholars have addressed the rejection of feminist claims within organised nonreligion, this article examines both men’s adoption of the feminist label and women’s attitudes towards feminist men in the atheist movement. Drawing from thirty-five semi-structured interviews with atheist activists in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, I show that some feminist women perceived feminist men as passive or guided by insincere motivations (primarily to earn the attention and approval of women within atheist organisations). These findings shed light on the dilemmas of feminist men in atheist activism and contribute to understanding the gender dynamics of some atheist organisations.
Descriptor	:	atheism
Descriptor	:	feminism
Descriptor	:	gender
Descriptor	:	masculinity
Descriptor	:	nonreligion
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18785417-01002002‬