The Revolt against the Sexual Revolution
Alexandra DeSanctis Public Discourse
Few people, if they’re being honest, will say they are truly satisfied with the world left to us by the Sexual Revolution. That’s the takeaway from two new books critiquing our sexual culture: The Case against the Sexual Revolution by UK writer Louise Perry and Rethinking Sex by Washington Post columnist Christine Emba.
Though both books offer valuable anecdotes and data, their big-picture observations won’t be surprising to conservative readers: casual sex is more enjoyable for men than for women, pornography encourages objectification and worse, putting an end to sexual violence will require more than consent workshops, and so on.
Their critiques are interesting not because they’re fresh—they’re decidedly not—but because they’re coming from the sort of people who aren’t often found critiquing feminist dogma or casual sex. Little chinks are appearing in the dam, and perhaps a bit of light is starting to shine through.
The David Network, housed at EPPC, seeks a Program Manager to oversee the organization’s daily operations and collaborate with its students and alumni on a range of initiatives. The position offers competitive pay and benefits and the opportunity to scale a new organization uniting and equipping conservatives at every Ivy League University, MIT, and Stanford to become leaders capable of bringing substantive change to America’s major institutions.
This week, George joined The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio to discuss his place in the monumental life of Cardinal George Pell in the wake of his sudden passing.
Following closely behind George, Noelle joined The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio to discuss the prevalence of relativism in modern culture, its sources in leftist ideology, and how we can turn back its chaotic denial of reality.
January 20, 5 — 7 PM The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
Join EPPC and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute for a reception following the March for Life. Featured speakers Ryan T. Anderson and Erika Bachiochi will speak to those assembled on the character of the pro-life movement in the post-Roe era. Refreshments will be available.
Last week, Erika Bachiochi debuted Fairer Disputations, an online community of scholarship under her direction through the Abigail Adams Institute. In a forum aired on YouTube, Erika hosted a discussion among prominent feminist scholars and contributors on the nature of sex realist feminism as well as the focus of Fairer Disputations.
