Dawkins vs. Rose on whether there’s a sex binary

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/07/27/sex-2-dawkins-vs-rose-on-whether-theres-a-sex-binary/

by kgwgk • 3 years ago

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kgwgk2• 3 years ago

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/07/27/sex-2-dawkins-vs-r...

Richard Dawkins:

“New Statesman commissioned my piece out of the blue (rather to my surprise) on 29th March. I sent it in on 4th April, having been told it would be published the following week. In the event it wasn’t published for more than three months. I was eventually told the reason for the long delay. Perhaps under pressure from junior members of staff (that’s a pure guess, but it’s a common pattern in publishing today) they had decided they needed to publish an opposing view. They were having trouble finding one, and I think it shows.

I should make it clear that I’m not complaining about the delay. I was treated with the utmost consideration and courtesy throughout. And I think it may be the only piece of journalism I have ever written where my prose was not messed about by the editors but printed exactly as I wrote it. For that I am extremely grateful.

Moreover, I don’t think Jacqueline Rose can be blamed for not replying to my article, because I doubt that she was shown it. Whether she should be blamed for something else – such as writing an article that doesn’t make any coherent sense – is another matter. Perhaps “doesn’t make any coherent sense” is a badge of honour among postmodernists. I wouldn’t know, as I’ve never met anyone who could even begin to tell me what postmodernism is.”

kgwgk2• 3 years ago

Why biological sex matters

Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump biology – but they are wrong.

By Richard Dawkins

https://archive.ph/r0d6J

The gender binary is false

We should question a mindset that viciously excludes whole groups of people.

By Jacqueline Rose

https://archive.ph/PX1rr

shove• 3 years ago

Can we just go ahead and remove this link as being OT before the comments turn into the inevitable ignorant shit-storm?

brendev• 3 years ago

A well-balanced and nuanced representation of the subject.

But really, I come to HN for quality content. Regardless of topic, posts tend to lean towards the direction of intellectual honesty and good-faith arguments.

This post isn't that.

tonyg• 3 years ago

What a horrible person Dawkins has become. His early writing surely has its flaws but it was always intellectually curious and in good faith. Neither characteristic is on display here. Dawkins pins his terfy colours proudly to the mast.

Dawkins vs. Rose on whether there’s a sex binary

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