Good question, self.

It could be that everyone I’ve met from the local atheist group has made sexist statements towards me.

It could be that some atheists support shit like this.

It could be that instead of looking objectively at the truth of history, they chose to believe lies they tell themselves, under the guise of being enlightened.

It could be that they ignore that in reality, the movement is primarily white men, talking about white male issues, ignoring the people of color, the transgendered and the women in their midst.

It could be that whenever anyone talks about issues facing the persons of color, women or queer/non-gender conforming folk it means they are too sensitive or lying to themselves about their real experiences and expertise.

It could be that, in a society dominated by people who diminish the work and qualities of those who are not heterosexual white males, atheist activists for all their claims of skepticism, refuse to believe or look skeptically at the things they’ve been told all their lives about the worth and value of other people implicitly and explicitly.

It could be because when you mention you are a single atheist woman online, you become a fetish object for thousands of people.

But I don’t know, maybe that’s not enough reasons. Maybe that’s too many.

All I know is that I do not want to be part of a group that consistently makes me feel unwelcome, undervalued, ignored and like an object. And quite frankly, that’s quite enough for me.