I know that it is still a world largely dominated by men, but in most areas we can also find women in top positions: famous and successful female artists, politicians, CEOs, scientists etc...
But there is one "profession" where women are conspicuously absent: I really tried hard to find just one name of a public female atheist, but I couldn't find one (and even if somebody could name one or two, the ratio would still be 1 in 10 or even 1 in 20...) . Where are the female atheist activists ? There are plenty of female activists in other areas: political NGOs, human rights, Greenpeace... etc...
I am not talking about female atheists - there is no shortage of them, although the ratio is less than 50/50 because atheists are predominantly males - but where is the female Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris? What is the reason for the almost complete absence of women in that particular public arena?
Is atheism for women only a private affair? (But sexuality is also a private affair, and we see female celebrities talking in public about their sex life)
Do women take atheism not seriously enough, so that they do not fight for it (and against religion)?
Thoughts?