11 Top philosophy books like The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry

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The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

By: Louise Perry

4.28

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po…

"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and - above all - class."

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and - above all - class."

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good technique. In this framing, sex becomes something that one does to another person, not with another person. All of the emotion is drained away"

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good technique. In this framing, sex becomes something that one does to another person, not with another person. All of the emotion is drained away"

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

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1. The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again

By: Justin Brierley

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Could We Be Witnessing a Return of Belief in Our Generation? Justin Brierley is convinced that in … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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2. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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3. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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4. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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5. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
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6. Feminism Against Progress

By: Mary Harrington

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Modern feminism increasingly benefits only a small class of professional women. There is no reason … read more

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  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
"But the weakness of these proposals isn't that they're unworkable, or even that they're 'traditional,' but that they're not traditional enough. For most of history, men and women worked together, in …"

-Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress

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7. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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8. Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

By: Kathleen Stock

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an imp… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Stock's Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism book and Louise Perry's The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"I am critical of gender identity theory – but not of trans people, for whom I have friendly sympathy and respect."

-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

"The background assumption seems to be that, paradoxically, by identifying and discussing socially produced inequalities, we further entrench them; whereas if we ignore them, perhaps they will go away."

-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

"A first thing to note, in case it’s unclear, is that I am not arguing against legal protections for trans people against violence, discrimination or coercive surgeries. I enthusiastically support the…"

-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

"And perhaps most awkwardly, they have been left unable properly to explain why, internationally, half the population in a given culture might be disproportionately subject to specific experiences lik…"

-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

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9. Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

By: Helen Joyce

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Gender identity ideology is about more than twitter storms and using the right pronouns. In just te… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
"Most people are in the dark about what is being demanded by transactivists. They understand the call for ‘trans rights’ to mean compassionate concessions that enable a suffering minority to live full…"

-Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

"On the Right, the extremists are white ethno-nationalist majoritarians; on the Left, they are identitarians who see progress as a process of bringing one marginalized group after another in from the …"

-Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

"What same-sex marriage, women's franchise and the end of segregation all have in common is that they extend the rights of a privileged group to everyone. And when people hear the phrase 'trans rights…"

-Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

"In the spread of gender-identity ideology, developments in academia played a crucial role. This is not the place for an extended critique of the thinking that evolved on American campuses out of the …"

-Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

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10. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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11. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory

By: Abigail Rine Favale

4.59

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more

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  • philosophy
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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12. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

By: Richard V. Reeves

4.07

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"

-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

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13. The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How the Script for Masculinity Turned Toxic--and How to Fix It "Why Can't We Hate Men?" asks a hea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
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14. The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society

By: Debra Soh

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths … read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • sociology
"Men’s behavior is, to some extent, the result of female sexual preferences. If women didn’t want to mate with masculine men, these traits would have been removed from the gene pool long ago. “Toxic m…"

-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society

"Activist organizations have managed to infect much of the information that is available relating to both gender and biological sex. Any research studies that are not in agreement with this agenda are…"

-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society

"Therein lies the double standard: If a child is gender-nonconforming, this is interpreted as biological and something that shouldn’t be dissuaded or tampered with. But if a child is gender-conforming…"

-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society

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15. An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

By: Konstantin Kisin

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with fun… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
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16. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

By: Louise Perry

4.28

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more

Similar categories in Louise Perry's The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century book and Louise Perry's The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • society
  • sociology
"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"

-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

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17. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
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18. The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

By: Andrew Doyle

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with relig… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
"Where the New Left promoted the politics of unity, today’s intersectional reactionaries promote the politics of division."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Theres no harm un recognizing the more vindictive side of human nature, so long as we do not allow our reason to be dominated by our passion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"The belief of the apparatchiks of Critical Social Justice - that all our problems will magically disappear once we outlaw certain points of view or words that cause 'harm' - is a utopian delusion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Just as the symbol of Christ's crucifix encapsulates the triumph of the victim and has been exploited historically as a means to exert power over others, the rainbow Pride flag now serves a similar f…"

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

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19. Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War

By: Peachy Keenan

3.99

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

Spot-on, often satirical, always insightful, contributing editor of The American Mind and mother of… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
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20. Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children

By: Hannah Barnes

4.40

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS’s flagship gender service… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"GIDS’s own limited data, which found ‘no evidence of change in psychological function’ with puberty-blocker treatment."

-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children

"The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has undoubtedly helped some people. It has unquestionably harmed others."

-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children

"NHS England. Why did they allow the early blocking of puberty to be rolled out as routine practice without demanding to see some data supporting this radical shift? Why didn’t it insist on seeing any…"

-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children

"It is mad,’ was the reply. Hutchinson paused. When one of the leaders of a service that helps children to access powerful, life-changing drugs comments that what they’re doing is ‘mad’, there is clea…"

-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children

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21. What Do Men Want? Masculinity and Its Discontents

By: Nina Power

3.19

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed philosopher and author of One-Dimensional Woman, a bold, playful and open-minded… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society

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4.28

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Nellie Bowles

4.05

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Mary Harrington

4.09

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4.09

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Olivia Laing

4.26

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