By Alexander Hall
Published February 18, 2023

Evolutionary biologist and famed atheist author Richard Dawkins blasted
woke culture demanding reform within the scientific community.

An organization known as the EBB Language Project was reportedly
launched to compile a list of "problematic words" identified by U.S.
and Canadian scientists as harmful, suggesting alternate terms to be
used instead.

"On Tuesday, academics working in ecology and evolutionary biology
called for the avoidance of words such as male, female, man, woman,
mother, father, alien, invasive, exotic and race," The U.K.-based
Telegraph reported. "Instead, they encouraged the use of terms such as ‘sperm-producing’ or ‘egg producing’ or ‘XY/XX individual’ to avoid ‘emphasizing hetero-normative views.'"

Dawkins, who rose to fame due to books such as "The Selfish Gene" and
"The God Delusion" derided such demands.

"The only possible response is contemptuous ridicule," he told The
Telegraph. "I shall continue to use every one of the prohibited words.
I am a professional user of the English language. It is my native
language."

Dawkins went on to say, "I am not going to be told by some teenage
version of Mrs Grundy which words of my native language I may or may
not use."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/scientist-richard-dawkins-rejects-woke-calls-purge-terms-male-female-only-response-ridicule#&_intcmp=hp1r_20,hp1r

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