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→Rebecca Watson and Elevatorgate
As a result of Elevatorgate, atheist Rebecca Watson wrote concerning Richard Dawkins:
As a result of Elevatorgate, atheist Rebecca Watson wrote concerning Richard Dawkins:
{{cquote|This person who I always admired for his intelligence and compassion does not care about my experience as an atheist woman and therefore will no longer be rewarded with my money, my praise, or my attention. I will no longer recommend his books to others, buy them as presents, or buy them for my own library. I will not attend his lectures or recommend that others do the same. There are so many great scientists and thinkers out there that I don't think my reading list will suffer."<ref>[http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/07/richard-dawkins-draws-feminist-wrath-over-sexual-harassment-comments/39637/ Richard Dawkins Gets into a Comments War with Feminists by Caitlin Dickson - The Atlantic Wire, Jul 06, 2011]</ref>}}
{{cquote|This person who I always admired for his intelligence and compassion does not care about my experience as an atheist woman and therefore will no longer be rewarded with my money, my praise, or my attention. I will no longer recommend his books to others, buy them as presents, or buy them for my own library. I will not attend his lectures or recommend that others do the same. There are so many great scientists and thinkers out there that I don't think my reading list will suffer."<ref>[http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/07/richard-dawkins-draws-feminist-wrath-over-sexual-harassment-comments/39637/ Richard Dawkins Gets into a Comments War with Feminists by Caitlin Dickson - The Atlantic Wire, Jul 06, 2011]</ref>}}
=== Atheist Rebecca Watson and post Elevatorgate claim concerning harassment ===
''See also:'' [[Elevatorgate]] and [[Atheism and women]] and [[New Atheism]]
At an atheist conference post [[Elevatorgate]] controversy [[Rebecca Watson]] claimed:
{{cquote|Hundreds of atheists have informed me that either they wanted to rape me, someone should rape me so that I will loosen up or that no one would ever rape me because I am so ugly".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1mLHdTsmPc PZ Myers and the Art of Shameless Dishonesty]</ref>}}
''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine made the observation that atheists tend to be "quarrelsome, socially challenged men".<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/socially-autistic-atheist.html</ref>
See also:
* [[Atheism and women]]
* [[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]
* [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins]]
* [[New Atheism]]
=== Allegation that Rebecca Watson was behaving hypocritically ===
=== Allegation that Rebecca Watson was behaving hypocritically ===