Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower? Deborah France-White (Guilty Feminist), Louise Perry, and Erica Komisar go head-to-head on 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:
- What casual sex is really doing to women.
- Why relationships are declining.
- The parenting crisis that no one’s talking about.
- Why fewer people are having children.
- How modern dating is affecting female self-worth.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:14 Introducing the Panel
00:03:28 What Is the Sexual Revolution?
00:10:01 Autonomy, Freedom, and Agency as a Byproduct of the Sexual Revolution
00:14:48 Casual Sex and Hookup Culture
00:30:47 One Sexual Partner for Life
00:33:00 Age of Marriage Increasing Over Time
00:33:40 Emotional Consequences of Sex
00:39:36 Feminists Typically Have Had Trauma
00:43:13 Agency as a Personality Trait
00:47:27 Sex Education in Schools
00:49:19 Female Pleasure
00:51:12 Is Sexual Freedom Making Us Happy?
00:53:36 Feeling Bullied by the Narrative of Freedom
00:57:29 Ads
00:59:32 Manosphere and Tradwives
01:06:55 Do Women Want Men to Be Providers?
01:07:46 Children and Gender Roles
01:12:08 Poor Mothers Looking After Children
01:18:17 The Role Feminism Has Had on Motherhood
01:22:20 Would Steven Take 3 Years Off Work to Raise Children?
01:23:28 Men and Women's Nurturing Hormones
01:27:57 We Can't Be Neutral About Policies
01:30:24 The Narrative That Having Children Is Miserable
01:32:12 Female Guilt
01:33:20 Parenthood and Narcissism
01:41:27 Birth Rates Declining
01:42:51 Traditional Gender Roles
01:48:29 Demonizing Feminism
01:52:38 Link Between Political Stance and Number of Children
01:56:48 Ads
01:58:33 Pornography
02:06:02 Masculine Virtues
02:11:16 Do Boys and Girls Need to Be Parented Differently?
02:12:45 Chivalry
02:13:50 Evolutionary Differences
02:19:05 Quotas in Education
02:21:02 Final Thoughts