Richard Dawkins defended "mild pedophilia" in an interview with the Times magazine back in 2013.
And while the quote itself is quite jarring, especially to those who look to Dawkins for his influential writings on atheism (but haven't noticed some of his other strange stances), it's far from the first time that the scientist has launched a defense of the behavior — or talked about his own abuse at the hands of boarding school teachers.
First, here's what Dawkins said to The Times magazine, as condensed by the Religion News Service:
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And while the quote itself is quite jarring, especially to those who look to Dawkins for his influential writings on atheism (but haven't noticed some of his other strange stances), it's far from the first time that the scientist has launched a defense of the behavior — or talked about his own abuse at the hands of boarding school teachers.
First, here's what Dawkins said to The Times magazine, as condensed by the Religion News Service:
