Your amateur, armchair pop psychology isn't welcome. I'm no longer Muslim; therefore, I do not have cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance has no bearing on someone being a Muslim or not, leaving Islam does not make one except from psychological issues let me assure you. Moreover denial is quite common, it is a defense mechanism used by the subconscious mind to protect oneself from the deflation of the ego as postulated by Sigmund Freud.
By the way, telling a woman who raises issues of sexism that she has psychological issues (or a minority who raises issues of racism, etc) is another classical tactic used by members of the dominant group. In fact, entire medical careers were based on this right up until this past century.
Correlation does not imply causation.
First, I said "in my personal view." That's all it is - my opinion. I posted this thread b/c I found out recently that the matter *was already being discussed as a concern* among other staff.
I don't see why that "other discussion" keeps getting brought up, I do not have the ability to remote view. So why bring something up which is not going to be shared?
Second, regarding the quote about "the response of misogynists" - did I say that happened here? I absolutely did not (well until Iblis' little temper tantrum). I was speaking in a general sense about how people who are misogynists (or suffer from internalized misogyny) tend to react to objections to it.
You are indirectly implying there are misogynist members on this forum, what criterion do you use to define someone as being misogynist?
No, you are the only poster - and one who mysteriously popped up at that - who has attempted to insinuate that I am mentally ill.
Well I can't do anything about your paranoia, that is something you need to deal with.
No, I think that ex-Muslims sometimes aren't as different in their attitudes from Muslims as we like to think we are. For example, the ethnocentrism that runs so strongly in some Muslim communities? Do we think that renouncing allah and his errand boy suddenly means we no longer have these issues about Arab superiority or hating Arabs or Black people or any of of myriad racist attitudes found in the community? Of course not.
I see that was a rhetorical comment. I disagree, in the sense that being a Muslim does not imply that one is a misogynist, I think that is just an unreasonable and unsubstantiated criticism of Islam and Muslims.
Again, you don't know shit about me or my terms with my past. Sexism among Muslims is much more blatant, but it's expressed in much nicer language (albeit alongside actually restricting women). It was my bad to think that people who are formerly Muslim who spend an inordinate amount of time exploring their former mentality and their new world might be open to the idea that sexism isn't shed once one starts saying things like "Muhammad was a pedophile."
Seems like anyone who does not agree with you, must be a misogynist. You feminist views are disconnected from reality.
You didn't embarrass me. You just annoyed me.
I do apologize. I want to make clear that I have no problem you being a woman, you have just misconstrued things.
The majority isn't always right.
Neither are baseless accusations.
Topic: Women