I can't stand professional sports. Any professional sports. Watching a bunch of overpaid primadonnas prancing around on a field does nothing for me. If I wanted to see sports, I'd go out and play them myself. No thanks. As such, I haven't watched a single game of any kind of sport in probably 25 years. Have no interest whatsoever in ever doing so again.

So yeah, you want to waste your time watching the Super Bowl, feel free. Count me out.
My recent post The Politics of Jealousy

MY kids, back in the day, went to a Christian daycare. We asked the woman about it, she said she never did anything religious, but putting "Christian" in the name brought in more business from the religious wingnuts who wanted their kids there.
My recent post The Blame Game

I couldn't care less about the religious beliefs of a company. I buy from someone who sells a product I want at a price I'm willing to pay, period. I think monetary activism is absurd.
My recent post Natural Rights Craziness

Left off lists of influential atheists? Well how many influential, well-known atheist women are there? How many are bestselling authors? None. How many are outspoken atheist actresses or celebrities? None. How many run major atheist organizations? None. I'm sorry but being a blogger does not make one influential.
My recent post Sexism: Dealing with Reality

But it's not just in atheism that these things happen, it's everywhere. It's worldwide. It always has been and I don't see it changing any time soon. You don't get to just wish for reality to change and have reality change. If we could, religion would already be extinct. Idealism and wanting a better world is one thing and I applaud that, but pragmatism and accepting reality as it comes is much more important.
My recent post Battle of the Sexes

The latter. Atheists have exactly one thing in common, a lack of belief in god(s). That's it. I think it's absurd to expect atheists, as a group, to magically be better than the typical internet asshat with no social skills. Sorry, we're just not superior to everyone else.
My recent post Battle of the Sexes

Women get hit on. Sorry, welcome to reality. Whether or not they like it or not, that's the current state of things, especially in groups that are very male-dominated. Women who show up tend to get propositioned. It wouldn't have mattered whether it was an atheist convention or a bar. That's what happens. She's welcome to be uncomfortable with it and I can certainly understand and agree with her reasons, but she chose to make it a big deal. It was a minor incident that should have been forgotten about.

It's the fact that it wasn't that caused the problem.
My recent post Battle of the Sexes

Sorry, "Elevatorgate" was ridiculous and a complete over-reaction.
My recent post Battle of the Sexes

Unfortunately, when you have a male-dominated activity that is also the primary social mechanism for a lot of these guys, any woman who shows up at these events is going to get pounced on. I'm sure a lot of the jokes that are told can be chalked up to these guys just being entirely clueless socially. This is very commonplace where you have a lot of very smart, but otherwise socially inexperienced guys. As much as they are at these atheist events to learn and participate, they are also there to get laid. It represents one of their few opportunities. The same thing happens in lots of other interests. It's just not limited to atheism.
My recent post Animal Planet Alarmism

The problem is, any activity that caters more to, or appeals more to, one gender than the other, is going to be naturally more biased toward that gender. This is true for both male and female activities. I'm sure knitting and cross-stitching communities aren't that open to male members, in fact, I've been to one or two cross-stitching shows with my wife and I was probably the only guy there. The only way you're going to get any kind of gender equality, if such things is even worth considering, is for more women to get involved.

The same thing can be said for racial equity. Many have noted that there aren't that many black atheists. Does this make atheism racist too? Of course not.
My recent post Santorum is an Idiot