Women's Heterosexual Experiences

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Harold: I've accepted devotee many years to the scientific study of women's heterosexual experiences through reading observing listening and participating. He says he has drawn a few conclusions one many women like sex when it brings erotic pleasure and they like the guy this is called good sexMany women don't like sex when the guy is a dork rude thoughtless clumsy coercive or violent this is called bad sex. Many women enjoy hookups short affairs conference connections orgies planned and spontaneous and adventures with multiples and variations of all kind this is called having fun for many number three women get tired after a few years oh god maria another orgy whereas others make it a way of life this is called being

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.