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Louise Perry v the Sexual Revolution

Helen Lewis returns with a new series of encounters with innovative thinkers. In this episode, she meets Louise Perry, author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution.

Helen Lewis returns with a new series of encounters with innovative thinkers.

In this episode, she meets Louise Perry, author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution.

The liberalisations of the 1960s brought significant new freedom to women's lives. But Perry argues that this has now combined with the more recent impact of online pornography, which is both ubiquitous and frequently violent. The result, she suggests, has been toxic, particularly for young women.

In a forthright exchange, Perry sets out why she thinks an over-emphasis on the virtues of freedom has stymied feminist thinking on this. And why, from the advice given by women's magazines, through the legal responsibilities of online platforms, to the expectations society places on young men - there now needs to be radical change.

Producer: Phil Tinline

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28 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:00

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  • Fri 19 Aug 2022 11:00
  • Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:00