Feminism & Skepticism or Why Chicks Matter Skepchick Rebecca Watson gives a talk to the Birmingham

Part 1 of 5 Rebecca asks why are there so few women in skeptical circles? Why are women underepresented in skeptical Blogging and in Activism? Rebecca talks about how the Skepchick blog has tried covering issues affecting women from a skeptical feminist point of view. This is the first part of a talk that covered areas such as Breast Cancer screening and how the Feminist Law Professors Blog misrepresented a US government study on the recommended age for screenings.

Bill Maher is an enormous douche, she attacks his views on vaccination and how he misrepresent religion in his film Religulous by misrepresenting contributors. She also highlights the issue of how the problems of Black Women cancer sufferers have been ignored. Rebecca then covered the topic of birth control and how Christian fundamentalist Pharmacists deny women the rights to control their own fertility, also discussed is the topic of Female Genital Mutilation and she talks about the reasons why it happens and shows how the excuses given are false, the talk also looked at the topic of Women victimized as Witches and Rape. (the Rape segment will not be part of the presentation due to technical problems with the camera), for Rebeccas views on this and everything else please go to http://skepchick.org/blog/ This talk has been split in to 5 videos to make access to the key topics easier . This is part 1 of 5 and this video looks at Feminism and Skepticism

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[shamelessfootfucker]

Although I might add, Wilhelm Reich is a bit too heavy for you're puny little emotional brains to grasp.

[shamelessfootfucker]

Honostly I think the reason why we have so much war and chaos in this world is because of , crudely put, men's sexual frustration, which is really due to women's natural concieted abiliy to just sit back passively and dispence of us whenever she feels like it. And they're selfish inability to compromise. All you stupid cunts out there should read some works by Wilhelm Reich and the book Brain Sex ( written by scientists, not philosophers.) It'll really change you're perspective.

[shamelessfootfucker]

ooh it's one of those smart women. congradulations on being an anamoly

[MeandmySara]

I like this - she's nice, a representation of a feminist that isn't a bitch, isn't necessarily ugly and doesn't get all angry all the time. I'm glad people can see that this is the majority of feminists. And she's funny. (:

[PantsInTheFamily]

feminism is new age bullshit. just be a woman. movements are cults

[Swagboy217]

That's not the kitchen...

[gilberto201]

oh, shit, I come for the chicks and just see feminists...

[BadPsychicsTV]

Good stuff!!