The Sexual Revolution Has Failed Everyone - Louise Perry - #492
Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author. 50 years ago there was a dream of women being released from the patriarchal shackles of stringent sexual norms. They should be able to sleep...
June 27, 2022
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Summary
Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author.
50 years ago there was a dream of women being released from the patriarchal shackles of stringent sexual norms. They should be able to sleep around like men, talk about sex like men and decouple their emotions from their bodies like men. Except it didn't quite work out, and now Louise thinks that both men and women are in a bad spot.
Expect to learn why trying to not catch feelings when sleeping with someone is very dangerous, how TikTok is encouraging young girls into rough sex, whether sex work is real work, why men's porn addictions are ruining their sex lives, how the washing machine is more useful than most feminists, whether inventing the pill was an error and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:17) Reactions to Louise’s Book
(04:38) What’s Wrong with the Sexual Revolution?
(11:15) Challenging the Idea of ‘Progress’
(21:01) Invention of the Pill
(27:48) Dynamics of Modern Dating & Marriage
(33:55) Explaining Sexual Disenchantment
(43:08) The Argument for Celibacy Before Marriage
(50:44) Why is Loveless Sex Empowering?
(1:04:56) Louise’s Findings on Porn
(1:16:09) People Are Not Products
(1:25:37) How to Act Against the Sexual Revolution
(1:30:58) Where to Find Louise
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