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Richard Dawkins, Julian Assange and the case of the missing dictionary

July 17, 2015, Admin Media Complaints,

Richard Dawkins seems to have misplaced his dictionary in this recent tweet to Julian Assange. Dawkins has confused the word ‘confined” with “chosen to hide out in the Ecuadorian embassy rather than be held legally accountable for his own behaviour”. Here at EVB, we like to refer to both Assange and Dawkins as rape […]

Julian Assange, Rape, rape culture, Richard Dawkins

Why @SarahVine Is Wrong About Rape & Saying So Is Not “Monstering”

October 15, 2014, Admin Media Complaints,

(cross-posted from Incarnationalrelational) I am all for nuance in debate and discussion – nuance can and should serve to provide richer and deeper understandings when exploring an idea, a situation, a problem. Nuance is good. In the last couple of days there has been much reaction to Judy Finnigan’s comments about the footballer Ched Evans case on […]

Ched Evans, domestic violence, Judy Finnigan, Rape, rape culture, rape myths, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Vine, sexual violence