Contra la revolución sexual

The sexual revolution that began in the West in the second half of the 20th century was an enormous liberation. The rigid traditional moral codes, which subjected millions of people for generations, were challenged by feminism, the demand for equality between the sexes or contraceptive methods, and made it possible to aspire to the enjoyment of eroticism, personal autonomy and the emancipation of women. . However, many decades have passed and we are in a different world. In this controversial essay, Louise Perry, an increasingly prominent voice in feminism, argues how hypersexualization, crass consumerism, ubiquitous pornography, and anything goes are tyrannizing women. For Perry, liberal feminism, which disregards biological, material and status differences, has been instrumental in the "disenchantment" of sex, delivering it to the service and mimesis of male lust. In an ultra-liberal culture, the principle of consent is insufficient to protect against sexual violence. It is therefore urgent to promote practical policies, but also supposedly outdated principles such as continence, integrity and dignity.