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6 July 2011updated 17 Jan 2024 6:20am

Sharing a lift with Richard Dawkins

The rationalist champion compares propositioning a woman with chewing gum.

By David Allen Green

There is considerable controversy in the blogosphere about Richard Dawkins and his apparent views on women. Dawkins, whose strident atheism undoubtedly puts off more people than it attracts, has long been a figure who has divided atheists and skeptics (the latter a general label for many who self-consciously promote critical thinking and an evidence-based approach).

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