The Sexual Revolution Has Failed Everyone - Louise Perry - #492

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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to this show. My guest today is Louise Perry. She's 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 lives, how the washing machine is more useful than most feminists, whether inventing the pill was an error, and much more. I really enjoyed this conversation. I didn't realise the impact that the sexual revolution had had. I didn't understand all of the strange second-order effects of what it's done to women's levels of anxiety or body image or men's relationships and the erectile dysfunction. It is a very courageous position for somebody who is on the left and a feminist to take to push back against sex-positive feminism. So much to take away from today. And if you enjoyed it, the book is also very short and very good. So go and pick that up as well. In other news, this episode is brought to you by brand new sponsor, Whoop. I've used my Whoop for nearly five years now, and it's wild to look back and think that once upon a time, I used to go to sleep but not actually track it using a wearable. I had no idea what my sleep quality was like, how long I'd actually been asleep, and what I was doing during the day that was impacting my recovery on a nighttime. It means that you can track your calories, your workouts, your sleep quality, your HRV, your resting heart rate, your blood oxygen level, your skin temperature, your respiratory heart rate. It literally tracks absolutely everything and it's barely even noticeable when you put it on. Whoop members dramatically improve their habits and therefore their health. Tangible improvements include improving sleep quality, reducing alcohol consumption, and increases in exercise intensity and duration. On top of that, you can join for free. You pay absolutely nothing for the brand new Whoop 4 strap. plus, you get your first month for free and there's a 30-day money back guarantee. So you can buy it for free, try it for free and then if you do not like it after 29 days, they will give you your money back. They're shipping to the US, Canada, the EU, UAE, UK and australia and New Zealand. Head to join.whoop.com/modernwisdom.
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