Explores the profound societal changes brought about by the sexual revolution, including shifts in family dynamics, cultural norms, and individual behaviors.
Every aspect of the world we live in today has been shaped by the Sexual Revolution, from ubiquitous digital pornography to the cultural ascendancy of the LGBT movement. One of the most important historians and cultural analysts writing on this subject is Mary Eberstadt, the author of books such as How the West Really Lost God, which explains how the revolution triggered our crisis of secularization; Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics, which details how our toxic tribalism came about as the result of the breakdown of our natural tribes; Adam and Eve After the Pill, and others.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Mary and I covered all of those topics—how the West became post-Christian; how porn has transformed our culture; what the #MeToo movement was all about. To understand the history of the Sexual Revolution is to understand why our society is the way that it is, from the schools to the halls of power. Give it a listen: