Abortion Is Not a Form of Birth Control

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Most abortions are just got accidentally got pregnant the birth control failed or you know the guy didn't put the condom on. Abortion is not a nyth thing to go through um it's painful it's upsetting, he says. He would rather see more women having relationships with men who don't give a damn if they get hit by a bus next week at the top of his list. "I think that actually we have a culture in which it's extraordinarily difficult to raise a family"

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book.

Shermer and Perry discuss: What was the sexual revolution? • feminism: first wave, second wave, third wave, and beyond • the evolutionary psychology of sex differences • experiencing self vs. remembered self • individual freedom vs. societal good • monogamy vs. polygamy • marriage vs. domestic partnerships • Why is the government in the marriage business? • BDSM and sexual violence • autogynephilia • trans matters • abortion matters.

Louise Perry is a writer, New Statesman columnist, and campaigner against male sexual violence. Her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, has sparked an international conversation about sex in the 21st century.