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#444 - Mary Harrington - Modern Society Is Failing Men & Women

Modern Wisdom

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Is It Possible to Say No to Loveless or Degrading Sex?

Before the pill, it had been possible to say no to somebody coming onto you because there was always a risk of pregnancy. With contraception now widely available, that wasn't quite what happened. There was just more sex happening because, because it was theoretically consequenc free. And so even though the number of sexual encounters that resulted in accidental pregnancy was lower, and there were so many more of them,  the absolute number of accidental pregnancies went you font, you followed,. yes? I'm with louise on questioning whether the long term consequences of this have been overwoarthy and overwhelmingly positive.

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