The glib answer is "religion does that to people". But I confess I am frequently baffled when you take criticisms of ideas or practices (concerning religion, for example) as personal attacks, and respond to them with personal attacks.

But perhaps you are talking about why so few women take part in discussions here. Which is a different subject, and an interesting one.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}