Christianism and Judaism Have Both Gone Through an Enlightenment

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LZ: Islam really has not gone through an enlightenment like christianity and judyism have. can well and we should say judeo christian although uh from passage that i read earlier from the old testament about these patriarchs and other wives and concumbines right? LZ: If everybody's gay there's not gonna be anymore babies so my wife says well get started dude come on are you gay he goes oh not me it's like okay well then you know get them start making some babies because well i don't have a girlfriend and i thought oh that's a shocker i wonder why i know as well that london is both the capital for multicultural

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.