Richard Dawkin's new book warns against denial of scientific truth by ‘astonishingly vicious’ trans activists and other threats on science

From a years old article in 'Vice' a now defunct site.
'Vice News controversy encompasses a range of issues, most notably widespread allegations of a toxic, sexist "boys' club" culture leading to multiple sexual harassment settlements within Vice Media. Further controversies include accusations of biased reporting and censorship related to Saudi Arabian government funding, the use of an offending editor in a Khmer Rouge documentary, and a general struggle to maintain profitability and a sustainable business model, culminating in Vice Media filing for bankruptcy protection in 2023.'
And you've stored it away, a bit creepy. Are you friends with the author?

Dawkins is a world class scientist so he knows only too well no one is suggesting reproductive categories don't exist rather ‘Sex’ is often semantically flattened into a binary model, for which individuals are classified as either ‘female’ or ‘male.’ A more expansive definition of sex is bimodal—with most individuals falling within one of two peaks of a trait distribution. However, even a bimodal model is an oversimplification, since ‘sex’ comprises multiple traits, with variable distributions. Individuals may possess different combinations of chromosome type, gamete size, hormone level, morphology, and social roles, which do not always align in female- and male-specific ways or persist across an organism’s lifespan. Reliance on strict binary categories of sex fails to accurately capture the diverse and nuanced nature of sex.

In other words, the guy knows better but is looking for pay back after the left hung him out to dry.

So if someone is a misogynist and says sex is a biological reality, they cant really mean it, are lying or what.

Complete non sequitur

Unless of course you are an undercover member of AGCL who will say something they believe isn't true because somebody who in their purity politics is "the enemy" it isn't true when they say. But when you say it is true.

The whole point is to try and get the population as a whole to accept and be able to say that sex is biological.

Based on your logic we will never get 50% of the population to say it, because I suspect 50% if not more of the population have unpleasant ideas.

So the believe, knowledge that women are a biological reality will never be a majority position, because the only time it has meaning is when they have the purity stamp of approval.

Yup, 'How To 'Clean Up' My Legacy' By Richard Dawkins

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-atheist-movement-needs-to-disown-richard-dawkins-999/

I'm saying that anti trans positions are politically expedient/'cleansing'. IE I'm 'questioning' his motives.

And I'm also questioning the motives of those that white wash rape apologists & bigots for their own political expediency.

I don't understand your logic here. What do you mean by "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"?

Are you saying that because someone has done something sexist, we shouldn't agree with anything he says? So if Dawkins is sexist, therefore transwomen are women, because he says they're not? Is that it?

Dawkin's history of misogyny seems pretty original here.

What? The enemy of my enemy is my friend even if he's sexist?

Dawkin's history of misogyny seems pretty original here.

What? The enemy of my enemy is my friend even if he's sexist?

Do I need to read Mein Kampf too to know that it was a bunch of Fascist BS?

You defend these creeps, perverts, & pedos. I'll read pop science from people who haven't been fired for being inappropriate with students, or being disgustingly unrespectful with the human remains of indigenous peoples ( again leading to their firing).

I'm sure there are plenty of people who write good books without being documented ( and photographed) on the Lolita express.

I fighting GI means defending these people... Well id rather stand for womens rights and safety than defend those who are a known threat.

Do you have anything original to add to the discussion?

Yup, 'How To 'Clean Up' My Legacy' By Richard Dawkins

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-atheist-movement-needs-to-disown-richard-dawkins-999/

In The War on Science, Dawkins joins several scientists and philosophers contending that academic freedom and truth in universities was being stifled by diversity, equity and inclusion policies that promoted falsehoods under the banner of social justice.

“I draw the line at the belligerent slogan ‘trans women are women’ because it is scientifically false,” he said. “When taken literally, it can infringe the rights of other people, especially women.

“It logically entails the right to enter women’s sporting events, women’s changing rooms, women’s prisons and so on.

“So powerful has this postmodern counter-factualism become, that newspapers refer to ‘her penis’ as a matter of unremarked routine.”

Full article at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/25/richard-dawkins-trans-women-slogan-scientifically-false/ and at https://archive.is/zAFxS

He was lambasted by prick news in 2021 for pointing out that transwomen aren’t women, and was stripped of his ‘humanist of the year’ award the same year, and, I think, kicked out of at least one organisation because of his astounding views! As an evolutionary biologist, he seems pretty up to speed with the idea that there are exactly 2 sexes

He was lambasted by prick news in 2021 for pointing out that transwomen aren’t women, and was stripped of his ‘humanist of the year’ award the same year, and, I think, kicked out of at least one organisation because of his astounding views! As an evolutionary biologist, he seems pretty up to speed with the idea that there are exactly 2 sexes

Do I need to read Mein Kampf too to know that it was a bunch of Fascist BS?

You defend these creeps, perverts, & pedos. I'll read pop science from people who haven't been fired for being inappropriate with students, or being disgustingly unrespectful with the human remains of indigenous peoples ( again leading to their firing).

I'm sure there are plenty of people who write good books without being documented ( and photographed) on the Lolita express.

I fighting GI means defending these people... Well id rather stand for womens rights and safety than defend those who are a known threat.

Dawkins is one Author of the 39(?) who contribute to the book.

Most of whom were notable friends of Epstein ( including the editor who put the book together, or have well know history of sexual assault, or racism when you actually look into their backgrounds.

But hey sure, creepy men to predate on their students is totally what feminism is all about (/s)

I wonder if Dawkins is on the Epstein List as well ?