#organized atheism

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Leading atheist, accused of sexual misconduct, speaks out

Organized atheism has been struggling with charges of misogyny for almost a decade.

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Far from being a refuge from religious tyranny, mainstream atheism is just another microcosm of American gender and racial hierarchies.

“The recent decision by Atheist Alliance International (AAI) to hire the former leader of American Atheists, David Silverman, to its executive director position is yet another indication that this business-as-usual rehab strategy also applies to movement atheism, which can be just as corrupt, cronyistic, and swaggeringly hostile to women as corporate America. Last year, Silverman was fired from American Atheists after allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety were made against him. The claims leveled against Silverman by two female accusers were extensively detailed by BuzzFeed‘s Peter Aldhous, whose 2018 article notes that one of the women was reluctant to use her full name ‘because of concerns about hostility experienced by other women who have made allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent atheists.’”