(December 17, 2014 at 10:00 am)SoFarEast Wrote: The ones I'd been to were get togethers at my uni and some talks in my city. There was little or no interest in the male audience when a woman speaker spoke, they followed up by complimenting her looks, or how "sexy" a woman atheist was. Some harassed these women on and on for their numbers. There was almost no interest in the content of their talks and jokes about their vaginas were common. I know a lot more instances, but I'm not able to remember them right now.
Sounds more like fraternity jerks to me. In any case, immature people are allowed to call themselves atheists too.
But what gives you the impression, that's what atheists are? Personally I don't go to any kind of meeting and have absolutely no interest in joining some atheist pressure club. Maybe if some interesting presentation with an interesting speaker were to happen, I might change my mind.
But looking at the many gatherings and presentations by well known atheists such as AronRa, Dawkins or Matt Dillahunty, the atmosphere is humorous but not rude or disrespectful against women.