Mary Harrington is a contributing editor at UnHerd and an author. Women have been subject to a lot of changes over the past 200 years. Liberated first from the land, then from the house, then from the womb, and finally even from their own nature. But has it actually helped? Has modern feminism been for the best or has it made women's lives more confusing than ever? Expect to learn why feminism might not have delivered on the promises it made to the world, why there is a war on relationships between the sexes, Mary's guess on why there are so few families getting together, how women's liberation has only worked for a small number of women at the expense of many others, why abortion and birth control actually led to more single parent households and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Feminism Against Progress - https://amzn.to/3YUNkfY Subscribe to Mary's Substack - https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.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/
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This podcast episode examines the history of feminism from the industrial revolution to present day, focusing on the changing societal roles of men and women and the two main poles of feminism: the feminism of care/interdependence and the feminism of freedom.
The foundation of feminism lies not in moral progress, but as a response to changing material conditions. The advent of technology has shifted feminism from the feminism of care to the feminism of freedom, which is underwritten by contraception and the final backstop of abortion.
The idea of being pregnant is becoming body horror for young women who believe their sexuality is their own business. However, the larger consequences of modern sexual culture affect how people form relationships, which are often inhibited by the ideals of online pornography and societal expectations of controlling one's appearance.
The podcast discusses the potential for extending the freedom to present with any secondary sex characteristics to the freedom to present physiologically however we like, as argued by Martine Rothblatt’s book From Transgender to Transhuman.
As the possibility of creating a free market in human body parts arises, there emerges a potential danger where people at the top benefit while people at the bottom get all of the disruption and less of the benefit. This can create negative side effects on ethnic groups, colonized peoples, and subsets of the population.
This podcast discusses how marriages have evolved from the "Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy" ideal to a more consumerist approach where partners are expected to self-actualize each other. Additionally, the podcast explores the delicate conversation of moving from seeing other people to forming a permanent relationship.
The lack of socially legitimate all male spaces leads to escalating levels of psychic distress affecting men, and women can't create good men, good men make each other, hence the importance of allowing more space for single-sex sociality for men.
This episode discusses the invention and impact of the birth control pill on society, including changing attitudes towards sex, marriage, and family dynamics.
The speaker discusses how different fields, such as culture, history, technology and medicine, are all pointing to the same issue of demographics and the fundamental importance of women embracing their femininity to push back against commodification.