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#698 - Mary Eberstadt - Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women?

#698 - Mary Eberstadt - Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women?

FromModern Wisdom


#698 - Mary Eberstadt - Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women?

FromModern Wisdom

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Mary Eberstadt is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and an author.
We're told that more freedom is a good thing. That the more options and choices a person has, the better their life will be. With this in mind, the sexual revolution should have been one of the biggest improvements ever for women and their quality of life, but all might not be quite as rosy as it seems.
Expect to learn who really benefitted from the sexual revolution, how the introduction of the pill increased the number of single mothers, where Mary thinks the newfound psychological fragility of young people is coming from, whether inventing hormonal birth control reduced or increased the number of abortions, why so many people are checking out of dating and much more...
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Released:
Oct 26, 2023
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