Podcast
Culture
Feminism
Re-enchanting
1 min read

Re-enchanting... sex

Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall speak with Louise Perry about the (supposed) disenchantment of sex and what that’s meant for the well-being of women.

Belle is the staff writer at Seen & Unseen and co-host of its Re-enchanting podcast.

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Louise Perry recording at Lambeth Palace Library.

Was the sexual revolution the feminist triumph that we’ve assumed it was? Is there anything wrong with eradicating the unique status of sex?  

‘The problem with sexual disenchantment is that people don’t actually behave like disenchantment is true; because people don’t actually feel the sexual disenchantment is true.. we have a deep intuitive feeling that actually sex is special, for some reason…’

Louise Perry is a journalist, campaigner, advocate for women’s rights, and the author of 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution'. She argues that sex has become disenchanted in the modern West's libertarian, pornified, hook-up culture. Although the book was not written from a Christian perspective, Louise tells Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley why she has come to some surprising conclusions about marriage, sex and relationships. 

 

Podcast
AI
Culture
Fun & play
Seen & Unseen Aloud
1 min read

New episode: Seen & Unseen Aloud

Listen to a curated selection of recent Seen & Unseen articles. This episode: the moral algorithms of social media; stories of deep friendship, and Dungeons & Dragons' philosophical toolkit.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Champ Panupong Techawongthawon's illustration of artificial intelligence.
Google DeepMind on Unsplash.

This week we are exploring the surprising and different ways we find out about ourselves and the stories we inhabit - Graham Tomlin dives into the moral algorithms of social media; Adrian Urquidez and Neal Presa tell stories of deep friendship and Harry Gibbins unpacks Dungeons & Dragons' philosophical toolkit.