عنوان

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

شماره

LA124730

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

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

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jonathan Simmons

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

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.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

182-201

عنوان

Religion and Gender

شماره جلد

10/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1878-5417

اصطلاح موضوعی

atheism

اصطلاح موضوعی

feminism

اصطلاح موضوعی

gender

اصطلاح موضوعی

masculinity

اصطلاح موضوعی

nonreligion

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jonathan Simmons

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18785417-01002002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y