At the World Atheist Convention in June 2011, prominent atheist and skeptic Rebecca Watson appeared on a panel about communicating atheism, during which Watson talked about women's experiences and sexism in atheism. At the same conference, late at night, upon entering an elevator, a man asked if she would like to have coffee in his room.

Later, she spoke about this in a video, which attracted a great deal of hostile commentary, including from very prominent atheist Richard Dawkins.

In September 2011 Watson reported that she was still being harassed, including by dedicated hate blogs.

ReferencesEdit

• Watson's original video post
• Commentary on incident by Melissa McEwan, including transcript of the video.
• Link roundup at the Geek Feminism blog

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