When TGA first started, back in 2006, there was very little data concerning people leaving their religion. Any available statistics seemed to demonstrate that there were more men than women leaving the church. For a while, there were a number of theories that attempted to explain the disparity. Some claimed that women were less prone to risk, and that as a result, they were more reluctant to leave their religious institutions.

Over time, however, we’re beginning to see that the gap is entirely generational. It’s the Baby Boomer generation that has the largest gap, with it slowly fading as you enter the younger generations. Millennials have almost parity. By the time you get to Gen Z, the percentages are reversed: more young women are walking away from faith than young men.

This finally makes sense. Almost all religions are male inventions, and it doesn’t take more than a cursory reading of the text to realize this. The Bible and the Koran are quite clear on their views about the fairer sex: they are to be subservient, silent, and barefoot and preggers. Naturally, these sexist documents are appealing less and less to women. The gap, it seems, will only grow with time.

This is bad news for young religious men. The trend of “trad wives”, which stands for “traditional wives”, has attracted plenty of men, but very few women. This young generation is becoming increasingly alienated from each other both politically and sexually, and the main culprit appears to be religion. This is why you are seeing increasingly desperate attempts by religious leaders to get women under control.

Religions should be worried. You see, it’s women who put up most of the emotional and physical labor for churches. Without them, they have a serious problem:

The waning religious involvement among young women represents a unique challenge to churches and congregations. Studies show that women tend to contribute much more time and energy to community building and volunteer efforts in places of worship. Without this dedicated source of volunteer labor, many congregations will be unable to serve their membership and their communities. What’s more, research finds that mothers play an instrumental role in passing on religious values and beliefs to their children. Americans who were raised in religious households credit their mothers more so than their fathers for leading in their religious upbringing, and children who are raised in mixed-faith households are more likely to adopt their mother’s faith in adulthood.

So, this spells disaster for most of the so-called “great monotheistic faiths”. The decline of religion is now going to accelerate, as more and more young women refuse to accept the limited view their churches have of them. Will faiths adapt to these new realities? They are nothing if not tenacious, so we will have to wait and see. Still, the misogyny inherent in these faiths means that they are unlikely to be able to properly adapt to todays times.

If there was ever a time to celebrate “girl power” this would be it! Come on ladies, we’re counting on you! Destroy these religious institutions already!