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:

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 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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