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Modern Wisdom

#715 - Louise Perry - Are Women Actually Happy With Modern Dating?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author. Young women have been through turmoil over the last 50 years. With their entry into the workforce, emancipation from the kitchen and greater freedom and independence, you might think they have got everything they want out of life. But unfortunately, the reality may be less rosy. Expect to learn why 40% of young adults say that marriage has outlived its usefulness, why younger generations see relationships in TV shows as an unnecessary addition, whether women are actually happy with the modern culture around sex, what the fallout of the MeToo movement has been, why young women are unhappier on average compared to previous generations and much more... Sponsors: Get a 35% discount on all Cozy Earth products at http://www.cozyearth.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ Buy my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Louise Perry. She's a writer, press officer for the campaign We Can't Consent to this and an author.

0:10.0

Young women have been through turmoil over the last 50 years.

0:13.3

With their entry into the workforce,

0:14.9

emancipation from the kitchen, and greater freedom

0:17.4

and independence, you might think they have got everything they want out of life.

0:21.4

But unfortunately, the reality may be less rosy.

0:25.0

Expect to learn why 40% of young adults say that marriage has outlived its usefulness,

0:31.0

why younger generations see relationships in TV shows as an unnecessary addition.

0:36.6

Whether women are actually happy with the modern culture around sex, what the fallout of the Me Too movement

0:41.9

has been, why young women are unhappier on average compared to previous generations, and much more.

0:49.0

Louise is great. She was on for her first book, The Case Against a Sexual Revolution, and she is working on a new one, so she will be back on next year to talk about that too.

0:57.0

But in the meantime, this is a good fix of her work. I think that she's a very important voice. I think that she is a lovely

1:04.1

balanced redress to a lot of the problems that we are seeing which are plaguing

1:08.2

people's mental health and the way that they relate to the world. So yeah, sit back and enjoy this one.

1:14.0

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