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A review by piabo
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry
4.0
Honestly, a very belief-challenging read! This book attacks some of my "liberal" views and gives interesting thought experiments and scientific data.
While I generally think this is such an important approach and that we should all be more open to this kind of thinking without dismissing it immediately, I was not convinced by every argument.
I am definitely no expert in this field, but I do feel like some proposed solutions were a bit over the top/pessimistic/conservatist without a reason. I think we should all invest more resources in finding humane and realistic solutions to the disparities shown in this book.
The print version of this book apparently has a forward by Kathleen Stock, a feminist very critical of trans people's rights. From what I see, is this book not transphobic. The author was very clear to repeatedly highlight that gender is always a spectrum and that we can never judge an individual based on the overall data. I will have to read more to be able to make a final verdict.
While I generally think this is such an important approach and that we should all be more open to this kind of thinking without dismissing it immediately, I was not convinced by every argument.
I am definitely no expert in this field, but I do feel like some proposed solutions were a bit over the top/pessimistic/conservatist without a reason. I think we should all invest more resources in finding humane and realistic solutions to the disparities shown in this book.
The print version of this book apparently has a forward by Kathleen Stock, a feminist very critical of trans people's rights. From what I see, is this book not transphobic. The author was very clear to repeatedly highlight that gender is always a spectrum and that we can never judge an individual based on the overall data. I will have to read more to be able to make a final verdict.