On Religion and Feminism

OK. This is gonna be a deep, long, TLDNR post. If you’re after porn, scroll down, hit back and check out the other recent posts. In the last two days there’s been a bit of a flurry of argument on Twitter about Islam, feminism and racism. Specifically, Kitty Stryker said that Anna Span was being racist for saying “You can’t ignore the correlation between Islamic countries and terrible female rights.” Read More …

Why Feminism Must Shun Religion

Just a quick post to draw your attention to Why feminism must embrace reason and shun religion, an excellent article that questions the feminist movement’s apparent “blind spot” when it comes to religion, especially given the appalling sexism that exists in almost all religions, especially the monotheistic ones. It seems to me that some feminists are afraid of a critical discussion about religious faith, because of the ever-looming label of Read More …

This Is How Some Cultures View Women

This is an ad from Egypt encouraging women to cover themselves to prevent rape (via this post at Pharyngula?. That’s right girls, if you’re raped, it’s your own fault for being uncovered and letting the flies stick to you. Never mind the education campaign telling men that rape is bad. Responsibility and honour lies with women. I’ve stated before that I think religion is responsible for oppressing women and Islam Read More …