Mary Eberstadt on the Sorrows of the Sexual Revolution

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Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this episode, Mary Eberstadt joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss her new book, “Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited.” Music by Advent Chamber Orchestra via Creative Commons.

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0:00.0	Hello there. This is Mark Bauerline with another conversation. Before we get to it, a word about one of our sponsors.
0:23.5	Located in the foothills of Wyoming's spectacular wind river range,
0:27.7	Wyoming Catholic College, an accredited four-year Great Books Institution
0:31.3	is built on the ancient Western tradition of the liberal arts and the freedom of the American West.
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0:57.0	The college celebrated an in-person graduation with its seniors last year and welcomed its largest freshman class ever this year.
1:04.9	Learn more about the college's unique space in the world of American higher education at Wyomingcatholic.edu.
1:12.6	One of first things readers, favorite writers, Mary Eberstadt, joins us today.
1:18.1	She holds the Pinula Chair in Christian Culture at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C.
1:24.3	Her many writings include the books, How the West Really Lost God, a New Theory of Secularization,
1:31.6	and Adam and Eve After the Pill, Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution.
1:36.9	We have now a follow-up to the latter book, Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited our topic today.
1:43.6	Welcome, Mary.
1:45.3	Thank you, Mark.
1:52.0	All right. Well, we'll jump right in. You say that the thesis of the first book was, quote,
1:59.3	straightforward. Maybe just give us quickly. What did you argue 10 years ago? So 10 years ago, Adam and Eve, after the pill, made the contrarian case that contrary
2:04.7	to what's said in dominant media, the sexual revolution was not actually a liberation.
2:12.6	The sexual revolution, in fact, had exacted a steep toll.
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