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One of the many reasons why I left Christianity was because it was very male dominated and I hated being treated like a helpless porcelain doll.

People do not need to be stereotyped by gender so yes a Witch can be male. I'd like to see more of a balance between genders in Wicca. Think about the Yin Yang symbol. It takes two halves to make a whole so without one half, we can never fully be complete.

Speaking from personal experiences, I am a guy, yet most of the people I am friends with are girls, I assosiate with both the god and the goddess, anfd I am training to be wiccan. I haven't gotten seriously talked to about being Wiccan, most people just say I'm either Jewish (I wore a pentagram and everyone said it was the star of david, I'm surrounded by idiots.) or a satanist. I'm the only Wiccan in my community, (that I Know of) and nobody really understands it, so I'm not normally questioned.

But regarding the fact that men can be witches, they can, and most shouldn't care what people say, just try and be close to your Diety in your way.

I'm a straight male Wiccan, and I also sometimes feel a little uneasy.
However, I haven't really had much trouble making progress as a Neo-pagan or as a person because of it.
(BTW, it helps that 75% of my friends are girls . . .)

Well, the coven that I practice with (sometimes, at least) is equally male and female, and we sort of have a rule about not discriminating based on gender or sexuality, but that's just an unwritten rule in my tradition.

Even though I personally am not used to it, I can see women being more attracted to Wicca than males, simply because of a male vs. female dynamics thing. Also, pop culture tends to imply that witches (Harry Potter-type witches) are female, and (usually) only female. The males are often exclusively referred to as wizards, sorcerers, magicians, etc., which may take part in males being less attracted to witchcraft or Wicca.

Also, some covens do tend to take a feminist point of view, focusing more on the Goddess than the God, and often working more with things like the Blood of the Moon and other exclusively feminine traits more than other traditions and covens. Very few covens take a masculine view of things, most are either feminist or as equal as possible.

Most of the mental differences between males and females are still unexplained, so I can't really give a solid reason why females are more likely to be attracted to Wicca than males. The best I can do is "That's the way things are." I'm sure you will find a coven that's right for you. Just keep looking.

On a side note, I have to agree that several of the male witches I know (but not all) are bisexual or gay. maybe about half are gay, and a quarter or so are bisexual.

-Kudos for an interesting topic, pirate

Thinking about it, I know one straight male witch and the rest are all rather gay.

I've also noticed guys are found more often on ceremonial paths than girls.

Well to be fair to you, there really isn't a word that I know of to describe female superiority. Chauvinism is believing in male superiority, and there isn't one for females, since the original use of feminism was indeed for equality.

There are a number of covens and individual practitioners that focus solely on the Goddess, and I have met Wiccan and witchy women who entertained female superiority opinions on things.
Personally I believe in balance, so I worship both the Lord and Lady, Cernunnos, who represents the image of the Lord to me, was the first one to fully manifest himself in a dream to me, although the Lady was there as well in the form of the wind and the trees.

Anyways, that is off topic.
I would say there are an amazing number of people who intensely favor the Goddess over the God, and most of those people in my experience have been women. There are also many t-shirts and wiccan stickers, banners etc that say things about the Goddess and not the God, so as to be different, or so that you KNOW they are talking about Wicca and not Christianity (when you say God, most people think Jesus. )

So in the public eye, I suppose Wicca must seem a very feminine thing. I don't mean to offend anybody by my statements, indeed how you choose to worship is entirely your right, so I would appreciate if no offense was taken. It is simply how I have observed things. I have no degrees and have done no mass public studies, so I am limited to my personal observations. 3nodding

I've recently made a new friend this year after he told me that he was a witch. I, for one, was surprised, and he was too to after I told him that I knew of Wicca.

My friend became extremely open of his beliefs not too long ago, though sometimes too over-the-top with it, trumpeting it at the top of his lungs sometimes. However, when called a warlock once by a few simple-minded classmates, he launched into a full-blown fifteen-minute rant about how pop culture had destroyed the name for witches, how men can be witches too, how warlock was an insult, etc.

I don't know if my friend is a feminist, as he tends to make sexist remarks sometimes, but they're usually just jokes or to provoke a reaction for his amusement.

My friend is in fact straight. I think. But he doesn't call himself "manly" or "girly"--just "Sean-ly," but again, I think it's a joke.


I don't know if this completely answers your question, or if it even answers your question at all, but I thought I'd state my opinion anyway. =]