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[[File:Atheist Dan Barker.jpg|thumbnail|left|175px|[[Dan Barker]] ]]
Writing on the [[sexism]] within the atheist community, [[atheism|atheist]] Victoria Bekiempis wrote in a ''Guardian'' article entitled ''Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club'':
{{cquote|[[Annie Laurie Gaylor]], who founded the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] with her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, in 1978, sums it up succinctly: “One word — sexism.” Gaylor’s husband, [[Dan Barker]], who helms the organization along with her, is usually the one invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her numerous books on atheism.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club]</ref>}}
Katie Engelhart in her July 21, 2013 ''Salon'' article ''Atheism Has a Women Problem'' wrote:
In an article entitled ''Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism'', the atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote about the hiring of David Silverman by the organization [[Atheist Alliance International]]:
{{Cquote|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.<ref>[https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/10/14/hiring-of-accused-atheist-leader-is-reminder-that-metoo-is-still-needed-in-organized-atheism/ Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism] by Sikivu Hutchinson, Rewire News</ref>}}
David Silverman resigned his position as Executive Director of Atheist Alliance International in December of 2019.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/12/20/david-silverman-is-out-again/ David Silverman is out, again] by PZ Myers</ref>
== Sam Harris and charges of misogny ==
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539518303443 Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement], ''Women's Studies International Forum'', Volume 72, January–February 2019, Pages 47-55
== Dan Barker Google Trends data contrasted with Annie Laurie Gaylor's data ==
As noted above, writing on the [[sexism]] within the atheist community, [[atheism|atheist]] Victoria Bekiempis wrote in a ''Guardian'' article entitled ''Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club'':
{{cquote|[[Annie Laurie Gaylor]], who founded the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] with her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, in 1978, sums it up succinctly: “One word — sexism.” Gaylor’s husband, [[Dan Barker]], who helms the organization along with her, is usually the one invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her numerous books on atheism.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club]</ref>}}
Below is Google Trends data of Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor.
[[File:Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Google trends jan 2019.png|800px|thumbnail|center|According to Google Trends, there are considerably more Google searches for Dan Barker than Annie Laurie Gaylor. In addition, according to Google Trends from January 2004 to January 2020, there was a considerable decline of search volume for Dan Barker than Annie Laurie Gaylor.]]
== See also ==
