Trans Activism - I'm Going to Be Passionate About It

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There's definitely an argument for it being motivated by homophobia i think that was also true more true early on when you had parents who were very uncomfortable with their sons being gay and we pushed them in this direction. But now since the trans movement has become really mainstream that's probably a bit less true than before. I've often wondered if some of the enthusiasm or aggression of trans activists against people like you is driven by a sense of moral progress what can we do? It seems like such an appalling thing to say someone is motivated by a fetish mmm, says Andrew selleman.

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.