Ranchhoddas:
If you can understand why women fall under the anointing more than men, you'll get your answer.

hopefulLandlord:


okay, I can work with that

what makes women less vocal about being irreligious than men?

Samsimple:
madam nonentity wich one b ur own

Proudgorgeousga:


so your faith is different from your reality?

I have seen a lot. Most popular ones are bimbo odukoya, mummy B, Helen ukpabio,

ModusOperandi:
this is purely observational and might be a slight overstatement.

i think there are just as many female atheists as there are male atheists, they just have less online presence. not many of them are willing to identify as atheist so they tend to be less vocal/opinionated, and hardly participate in online forums. however, they might be SLIGHTLY less, reasons being;


women are usually under more pressure to conform to traditional/societal stereotypes and certain gender roles. religion is very much interwoven with social and traditional values, going against that by declaring your non-belief might mean becoming "outcasts" especially in very conservative areas/families



women, since time immemorial, have been taught/conditioned from birth to always play the role of the submissive wife or daughter, shrink themselves and to submit to male authority. so there's usually a reluctance to turn their backs against God THE FATHER. but with the recent feminist movements, that's gradually changing and more women are rejecting these roles.



also, studies have shown a positive correlation between level of education and atheism. this point is self explanatory. (I hope)

Proudgorgeousga:



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Proudgorgeousga:



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ModusOperandi:
this is purely observational and might be a slight overstatement.

i think there are just as many female atheists as there are male atheists, they just have less online presence. not many of them are willing to identify as atheist so they tend to be less vocal/opinionated, and hardly participate in online forums. however, they might be SLIGHTLY less, reasons being;


women are usually under more pressure to conform to traditional/societal stereotypes and certain gender roles. religion is very much interwoven with social and traditional values, going against that by declaring your non-belief might mean becoming "outcasts" especially in very conservative areas/families



women, since time immemorial, have been taught/conditioned from birth to always play the role of the submissive wife or daughter, shrink themselves and to submit to male authority. so there's usually a reluctance to turn their backs against God THE FATHER. but with the recent feminist movements, that's gradually changing and more women are rejecting these roles.



also, studies have shown a positive correlation between level of education and atheism. this point is self explanatory. (I hope)

Ranchhoddas:
My dear lady,
While you might not with the agree with his presentation, you cannot fault the message.
Women are generally more unsuspecting, more gullible, more emotional and more naive
In every "Yin/Yang" distribution, the group of people who have these qualities are the ones more likely to be religious.
Blacks, the poor, the less educated, the less exposed etc.
There will always be exceptions, but the logic is correct.
Women are more likely than men to take the path of least resistance, which is what religion offers.

CoolUsername:


I agree with women being more emotional but I'm not sure about them being more naïve or gullible. You're mistaking that with pragmatism.

Due to their physical disadvantages, women on average are just more likely to avoid head-on conflict. That's why they use other means such as gossiping and back-biting rather than direct confrontation or physical combat to get the upper-hand.

I don't want to go too deep into evolutionary psychology and I'm not claiming all women or men behave in a particular way, I'm only speaking generally, here. I just want you to know that the misconception that women are simple-minded is what leads a guy into raising kids who aren't his.

Nutase:
Because fewer women are bums

obinna58:
Women tends to have weakness more than men
Both physically and mentally(infirmity), that's why they can easy be deceived

Ranchhoddas:
It is a special kind of naivete. The kind that is the opposite of pragmatism.

Proudgorgeousga:


maybe because they are judged more harshly

imagine a woman telling her in-laws she is an atheist, everything bad that happens in the family must be as a result of her satanic ways.

it's not hard for people to brand such person a witch or a marine spirit.

for example imagine having analice as a sister or mother in law

Ranchhoddas:

Women are generally more unsuspecting, more gullible, more emotional and more naive
Women are more likely than men to take the path of least resistance, which is what religion offers.

There will always be exceptions, but the logic is correct.

CoolUsername:


I agree with women being more emotional but I'm not sure about them being more naïve or gullible. You're mistaking that with pragmatism.

Due to their physical disadvantages, women on average are just more likely to avoid head-on conflict. That's why they use other means such as gossiping and back-biting rather than direct confrontation or physical combat to get the upper-hand.

I don't want to go too deep into evolutionary psychology and I'm not claiming all women or men behave in a particular way, I'm only speaking generally, here.

I just want you to know that the misconception that women are simple-minded is what leads a guy into raising kids who aren't his.

CoolUsername:
I've read that societal and to a lesser extent, biological factors predispose women towards agreeableness. This would go a long way towards making women take the path of least resistance on average.

Daeylar:


Can you prove this?



What logic is that?

Daeylar:

Any thing that can prove the bolded?

CoolUsername:


Study of over 10,000 people:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/games-primates-play/201201/gender-differences-in-personality-are-larger-previously-thought?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7227940946

CoolUsername:


At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist or misogynist, that's what they want you to think. Men are naturally polygamous, women are naturally hypergamous. On average, women have an easier time breaking long-term relationships when a higher status man shows interest in them. That's why over 70% of divorces are initiated by the wife in western societies. That's why it is rare to see a household where the woman earns more than the man.

We believe that women are weaker emotionally but a man is three times as likely to commit suicide than a woman, men also have higher rates of PTSD after traumatic events. The risk-averse nature of women is very useful for self-preservation especially when you aren't physically dominant.

Daeylar:


I've only seen societal factors, please any link to wherr you read about biological factors?

Ranchhoddas:
The aversion to risk is what draws them to religion--an insurance policy against an unseen adversary, in this life and after.

Ranchhoddas:

You are not sounding like a misogynistic at all. You are sounding like a crazy fe****st.

CoolUsername:


The problem with that theory is that it fails to account for social dynamics. Throughout history, women have never been in the position develop communal laws. So, religion must have been formulated by societal leaders who were almost always men.

The hypothesis I'm running with deals with communal clashes. This hypothesis postulates that during such events, the primary casualties were men while women were inherited by the victorious clan.

It would have been evolutionarily beneficial for women to develop emotional safeguards against change that they had little control over. Hence, the lower rates of PTSD and the higher rates of Stockholm syndrome in women.

This manifests itself today in the ability for women to get over relationships easier than men. Hence, why they initiate more divorces, and why they commit suicide less.

It is advantageous for one's health and safety to avoid conflict and stay in line with whatever social climate you find yourself. This is why women are more likely to remain religious.



Really? Because I did not endorse the behaviours I just described in any way. I just stated the facts. And while I believe everyone should be treated equally by law, I would never say that the genders do not have general differences that stem from biology.

Ranchhoddas:
I take your points.
What you are hypothesising is that women being more religious is an evolutionarily honed defence mechanism right?
How is it at odds with what I'm saying?

CoolUsername:


Exactly, we aren't at odds in that matter. We are only at odds when talking about the reason, you see women from an idealist point of view where their nature is weak but pure while I see them from a cynical point of view where their nature is self-serving and opportunistic and is the true way viewing both sexes.

Ranchhoddas:
I doubt many women will agree with you on this.
I try to put my trust in my observations above all else. I don't believe that women are generally opportunists.
Manipulative? Perhaps
Self-serving? Absolutely not.

Proudgorgeousga:


you said women

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vaxx:
I think there should be clear scientific evidence on the topic. it is an issue that most be resolved to address gender inequality.


since there is no credible scientific evidence known to me for now. I shall base my findings on observation and assumption.

in physical strength. men appear more stronger than women in the area of size and muscle but in general physical qualities like agility and balance ,immune system and emotions women outperform men.

I also observe women live longer and the reason I accredit to this is that women are bilogically better survivors from the day they’re born.

Statistically, baby girls are more robust than boys, which makes mortality rates among babies a little skewed in favour of girls.

And for reasons that scientists don’t fully understand, throughout their lives women tend to survive the same diseases that kill men.