Yesterday, (previously) one of the world’s most respected scientists, Richard Dawkins angered almost the whole of Twitter by saying some rapes and instances of child abuse were worse than others.
He argued some rapes were worse than others, but that didn’t mean any of them were OK.
X is bad. Y is worse. If you think that’s an endorsement of X, go away and don’t come back until you’ve learned how to think logically.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) July 29, 2014
Mild pedophilia is bad. Violent pedophilia is worse. If you think that’s an endorsement of mild pedophilia, go away and learn how to think.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) July 29, 2014
Date rape is bad. Stranger rape at knifepoint is worse. If you think that’s an endorsement of date rape, go away and learn how to think.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) July 29, 2014
While a lot of people actually agreed with the divisive opinion, the words he used got many people’s backs up.
“Mild date rape is bad. Violent date rape is worse.” Is it really so hard to understand that that doesn’t constitute endorsement of either?
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) July 29, 2014
Many people were confused about the term “mild rape” considering rape in any context is generally considered to be the opposite of “mild”.
I’ve lost all respect for Richard Dawkins after his attempts to explain rape using logic. A taxonomy of rape? I can’t accept such rubbish.
— Jacka Garth (@SocialBeastie) July 30, 2014
This is what sexual violence still is to men like Dawkins: an abstract academic issue, something only silly women get emotional about.
— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) July 29, 2014
Fantastically well said by @sianushka on Dawkins & the idea there are “degrees” of rape http://t.co/djWoBc0YJn pic.twitter.com/UQ5900e4EV
— Sarah Ditum (@sarahditum) July 29, 2014
Remember when Richard Dawkins wrote about genes and the wonder of science and not about women? Yeah, that was great
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) July 29, 2014
If X is worse than Y and Z is worse than Y, but X is not equal to Y, how long does it take for Richard Dawkins to put his foot in his mouth?
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) July 29, 2014
Dear god, Dawkins is attempting to rank rape into levels of severity. Richard, rape is not a hotel. And you are not Trip Advisor. Shut it.
— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) July 29, 2014
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