THE CASE AGAINST THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

Northern Renaissance religious painting by Albrecht Dürer of the Holy Family: a pensive Joseph, who's probably wondering how he's going to support the baby; Mary, pondering these things in her heart, and the baby Jesus, gazing heavenward. Joseph, unusually, takes his place alongside Mary instead of hovering in the background, and the soft colors of ocher and rose convey that in spite of the terrible wounds our families inflict on us, they are also a sanctuary and home.

That got your attention, I bet!

Here’s how this week’s arts and culture column begins:

Louise Perry’s The Case Against the Sexual Revolution promotes itself as a “counter-cultural polemic from one of the most exciting young voices in contemporary feminism.”

Hilariously—and encouragingly—much of it could have been written by a straight-up Catholic grandmother—or a human being of either gender and any age with a modicum of common sense.

Perry, a London-based secular writer and New Statesman columnist, proposes a new sexual culture built around “dignity, virtue and restraint.”

Well, amen. Chapter titles include “Sex Must Be Taken Seriously,” “Men and Women Are Different,” “Loveless Sex Is Not Empowering,” “Consent Is Not Enough,” “Violence Is Not Love,” “People Are Not Products,” and—miracle of miracles—“Marriage Is Good.” 

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2 Replies to “THE CASE AGAINST THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION”

  1. hi heather!
    right another important issue : the women and children. and all the abuse and brutality common against them. i really almost puke how much women and children suffer. go to the telephon store and try to smile at the girl- shes over her head in problems.there was a silent build up in cruelty and violence among men against women, and now its just normal that there is no one guy who feels for a woman.
    its always bam bow!
    i think we are missing the whole apparatus for humanity, for being comfortingly human. the only thing we do now is yell. ah and oh. nobody understands anything.
    i am not blaming, but we should really try to feel for woman and children. it would make us hurt.
    we are sooo way off!

    1. HEATHER KING says: Reply

      Yes, and I think the ideas advanced in this book perhaps offer one trail back to wholeness, connection, compassion, and love…

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