Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women? - Mary Eberstadt - #698

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10/26/23

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Mary Eberstadt is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and an author.

We're told that more freedom is a good thing. That the more options and choices a person has, the better their life will be. With this in mind, the sexual revolution should have been one of the biggest improvements ever for women and their quality of life, but all might not be quite as rosy as it seems.

Expect to learn who really benefitted from the sexual revolution, how the introduction of the pill increased the number of single mothers, where Mary thinks the newfound psychological fragility of young people is coming from, whether inventing hormonal birth control reduced or increased the number of abortions, why so many people are checking out of dating and much more...

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(00:00) The Biggest Winners & Losers of the Sexual Revolution (03:07) Did the Pill Increase Abortions? (06:56) Would the Sexual Revolution Happen Without the Pill? (12:55) Did the Sexual Revolution Fail Children? (17:18) Feminism Is Failing Women (24:36) Why Young Girls Are Struggling (29:43) Advice to People Who Think Kids Are Restrictive (35:09) Interacting with the Other Sex in a Non-Sexual Way (40:02) Can Men & Women Work Together to Find a Better Way? (45:43) Society’s Disdain for Sexual Morality (50:29) How the Sexual Revolution Relates to Identity Politics (56:16) People Are Struggling & Need Sympathy (1:07:16) Where to Find Mary

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October 23, 2023

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Konstantin Kisin is a podcaster, a speaker and an author.

Despite living in objectively the best time ever, there is a common trend of people believing that the world is getting worse. Is this an accurate assessment of the existentially unfulfilling modern world, or is it fragile victims whining about nothing?

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October 28, 2023

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Justin Mogilski is an an evolutionary psychologist at the University of South Carolina whose research focuses on consensual non-monogamous relationships.

It’s often said that choosing the right life partner is the most important decision you can make. So if you're not sure, why not just choose two? Or more? And how do the people in these relationships make it work?

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