Has feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower? Deborah France-White, Louise Perry, and Erica Komisar go head-to-head on the hidden costs of sexual freedom.
Deborah Frances-White is a bestselling author and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Louise Perry is a journalist and author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, and Erica Komisar is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and author of books such as, ‘Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety’.
In this heated debate, they discuss:
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What casual sex is really doing to women.
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Why relationships are declining.
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The parenting crisis that no one’s talking about.
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Why fewer people are having children.
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How modern dating is affecting female self-worth.
00:00 Intro
02:29 Introducing the Panel
03:43 What Is the Sexual Revolution?
10:16 Autonomy, Freedom, and Agency as a Byproduct of the Sexual Revolution
15:03 Casual Sex and Hookup Culture
31:02 One Sexual Partner for Life
33:15 Age of Marriage Increasing Over Time
33:55 Emotional Consequences of Sex
39:51 Feminists Typically Have Had Trauma
43:28 Agency as a Personality Trait
47:42 Sex Education in Schools
49:34 Female Pleasure
51:27 Is Sexual Freedom Making Us Happy?
53:51 Feeling Bullied by the Narrative of Freedom
57:44 Ads
59:47 Manosphere and Tradwives
01:07:10 Do Women Want Men to Be Providers?
01:08:01 Children and Gender Roles
01:12:23 Poor Mothers Looking After Children
01:18:32 The Role Feminism Has Had on Motherhood
01:22:35 Would Steven Take 3 Years Off Work to Raise Children?
01:23:43 Men and Women's Nurturing Hormones
01:28:12 We Can't Be Neutral About Policies
01:30:39 The Narrative That Having Children Is Miserable
01:32:27 Female Guilt
01:33:35 Parenthood and Narcissism
01:41:42 Birth Rates Declining
01:43:06 Traditional Gender Roles
01:48:44 Demonizing Feminism
01:52:53 Link Between Political Stance and Number of Children
01:57:03 Ads
01:58:48 Pornography
02:06:17 Masculine Virtues
02:11:31 Do Boys and Girls Need to Be Parented Differently?
02:13:00 Chivalry
02:14:05 Evolutionary Differences
02:19:20 Quotas in Education
02:21:17 Final Thoughts
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