Chicks and Charity.

A couple of days ago Heina at 'Skep'chick put up a post regarding how some Christian playing atheist for a year garnered so much more than her favored cause.  I'll skip what's wrong with the whole Christian playing atheist thing and explain what is wrong WLP.

First, it's misdirected.  Women are already attending and graduating college at higher rates than men.

Second, women already have more dedicated assistance programs for them than men do.

These are more pronounced among blacks and latinos than in the population at large.  If your concern is Social Justice (whatever that is), shouldn't your efforts be directed towards those who are the most negatively affected by the prevailing conditions instead of those who happen to share membership with you in a particular interest group?

Third, It's an activist psuedo-charity.  Just look at the intro on their front page.  The first line states that it is a feminist organization.  Further down it says that their curriculum is to "promote critical conciousness about activism and race".  Nothing about critical thinking, Nothing about preparing the girls to enter fields that require that icky math.  I don't know if they are a 501.3c, but if they are the status should be revoked.

And finally, she wrote "Obviously, fundraising isn’t a zero-sum game."  If one is going to use technical terms one should know what they mean.  Fund raising is an almost textbook example of a zero-sum game (although I prefer the term constant-sum).

A Question for the Feminists Who Think They're Skeptics.

Why does Scott Adams receive your ire for making some humorous observations that run counter to your doctrine, while Sharon Osbourne and her co-hostesses cackling with glee about a man being drugged, bound, allowed to regain consciousness, having his penis cut off and it being thrown into the garbage disposal is perfectly fine?

Here are the "skeptical" feminists responses to Scott Adams.

P.Z. Meyers
Skepchick

And here are their responses to jokes at the expense of a genitally mutilated man.

P.Z. Meyers 
Skepchick

Hypocrisy and double standards aren't the sign of critical thinking.