Renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is sounding the alarm against what he calls the triumph of feelings over facts when it comes to radical gender ideology.
Dawkins is warning that the slogan “trans women are women” is “scientifically false” and undermines the rights of women.
In his new book “The War on Science,” Dawkins argues that academia and publishing are being corrupted by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies that elevate ideology over truth.
“I draw the line at the belligerent slogan ‘trans women are women’ because it is scientifically false,” Dawkins writes.
“When taken literally, it can infringe the rights of other people, especially women.
“It logically entails the right to enter women’s sporting events, women’s changing rooms, women’s prisons, and so on.
“So powerful has this postmodern counter-factualism become that newspapers refer to ‘her penis’ as a matter of unremarked routine.”
Speaking to The Telegraph, Dawkins described the trans-activist movement as “astonishingly vicious.”
He notes how dissenters are targeted with threats and harassment.
“Both politics and personal feelings don’t impinge scientific truths, and that needs to be clearly understood,” he said.
“I feel very strongly about the subversion of scientific truth.”
The scientist warned that publishers are increasingly bowing