PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: RICHARD DAWKINS

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136. Ah so Dawkins is ok cos he isn't as bad as the pope or Romney?

Thats is like saying minor racism that just makes people feel uncomfortable and less than equal is ok as long as you're not lynching them. Or a few homophobic digs that make it gay folk uncomfortable are ok as long as you're not beathing them up. The other two being far worse does not make Dawkins good. So that is an inane comment.

Wasn't that the basis of Dawkins' take on Rebecca Watson. You're not in Afghanistan so stop being scared of rape or bitching about equal pay or......Stop trying to improve things cos others are worse off. What kind of an argument is that exactly?

'You're nowhere near as bad as Romney or the pope' is hardly a huge compliment. Not really something thats difficult to aspire to is it?

But I'll put this to you - none of the above appear to like women as people who have opinions. All of the above have clearly defined narrow roles that women should fall into. For Dawkins we should accept what he says we should be and be happy to be sexualised and marginalised or we can be victims or religion. Look at my first post, it detailed the representations of women on his website. NO strong women there at all.

Romney is just insane and we're living in terror over here that he may actually get elected. Real horror.

And this issue is about whether Dawkins is sexist to appear in playboy not about him in relation to people that are far worse.