312. Louise Perry The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
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Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book.
Shermer and Perry discuss: What was the sexual revolution? \\u2022 feminism: first wave, second wave, third wave, and beyond \\u2022 the evolutionary psychology of sex differences \\u2022 experiencing self vs. remembered self \\u2022 individual freedom vs. societal good \\u2022 monogamy vs. polygamy \\u2022 marriage vs. domestic partnerships \\u2022 Why is the government in the marriage business? \\u2022 BDSM and sexual violence \\u2022 autogynephilia \\u2022 trans matters \\u2022 abortion matters.
Louise Perry is a writer, New Statesman columnist, and campaigner against male sexual violence. Her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, has sparked an international conversation about sex in the 21st century.
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