Dawkins vs. Rose on whether there’s a sex binary
whyevolutionistrue.com
whyevolutionistrue.com
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.”
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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.
Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump biology – but they are wrong.
By Richard Dawkins
The gender binary is false
We should question a mindset that viciously excludes whole groups of people.
By Jacqueline Rose