I probably wouldn’t normally post this here, since it’s only tangentially related to women’s stuff, but there was a post about Dawkins and his AI earlier and I commented about this YTer and she has made a video specifically about this. Maybe it might interest some people. Feel free to remove it if not on topic enough.

  • ZDL ( ZDL@lazysoci.al ) 
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    6 months ago

    I was about to share this myself!

    This is very much, I think, about women’s stuff. Dawkins is the person who wrote that execrable “Dear Muslima” open letter specifically to deride Rebecca Watkins for daring to say, at an atheist convention, that <checks notes> being hit upon in an elevator was uncomfortable.

    Note: she didn’t name the person who did it. She didn’t go off on a tantrum about it. She didn’t bring down the wrath of social media to dogpile on the person. She just mentioned off-hand that maybe guys shouldn’t do that.

    And Dawkins went off like a cannon with too large a powder charge, telling on himself in the loudest voice imaginable in the process, exposing the rampant sexism in Atheist (note the cap) circles for all to see.

  • Wren ( Wren@lemmy.today ) 
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    6 months ago

    Richard Dawkins behavior towards women is absolutely relevant, especially considering his views on trans women. I’ve been saying for years he’s a loud narcissist who, though robust toxic masculinity, found an unfortunate audience of angsty young boys.