Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2025-02-19
Books mentioned on "1950s Sex Culture Got It Right" | Louise Perry
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry is a cultural critique examining the long-term psychological, social, and relational consequences of modern hookup culture and hedonistic sexual norms.
Discussed“This is the Crux of her book the case against the sexual Revolution which has just been adapted for young adults”
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A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry is a thought-provoking critique of modern sexual culture that examines the consequences of the sexual revolution, particularly for women.
Discussed“it's called a new Guide to Sex in the 21st century”
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The all-or-nothing marriage
The All-or-Nothing Marriage by Eli J.
Discussed“there's this um uh Eli fle wrote this book called The All or Nothing marriage some years ago”
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Dominion
Dominion by Tom Holland is a popular history book that argues Western secular values, human rights, and modern notions of compassion are deeply rooted in Christian history.
Discussed“and actually this the argument that's made by Tom Holland in his book Dominion in many ways me too despite me too being a secular movement traces its Origins back to that first sexual Revolution”
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Sex and culture
Discussed“I Revisited recently um for an essay the work of um this Edwardian Anthropologist British Anthropologist called JD Unwin he wrote a book called sex and culture which was published in the 1930s”
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Sex and the single girl
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown is a groundbreaking 1962 cultural phenomenon and bestseller that redefined women's independence, career ambitions, and financial autonomy outside of traditional marriage.
Discussed“one thing I was thinking about coming into this conversation is Helen Gurley Brown who famously wrote sex and the single girl in 1962”
