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Adam and Eve After the Pill

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Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution

Adam and Eve After the Pill by Mary Eberstadt sheds new light on the impact of the Sexual Revolution, with her thought-provoking examination of some of the most significant paradoxes that emerged as a result. Taking a look at no-fault divorce, abortion, pornography, single motherhood and other related topics, Eberstadt shows how modern society has been deeply influenced by these changes. Drawing on research and statistics from sociologists Pitirim Sorokin, Carle Zimmerman, as well as G.E.M Anscombe and Tom Wolfe, she offers an engaging yet professional analysis of both secular and religious perspectives on reclaiming our connection with sex, family and children. Whether challenging current development policies or responding to popular culture figures, Adam and Eve After the Pill delves into a range of perspectives from all areas of life. With provocative insights backed up by robust evidence, this book provides thought-provoking commentary for anyone interested in exploring the effects of this landmark transformation in human history.

Mary Eberstadt:

Mary Eberstadt is an essayist, novelist, and author of several influential works of non-fiction, including How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization; Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution; and Home-Alone America. Her novel The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life, Death, and Atheism, has been adapted for stage and will premiere in fall 2016. She is also editor of the anthology Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys. A frequent contributor to magazines and journals including TIME, the Wall Street Journal, National Review, the Weekly Standard, and First Things, Mrs. Eberstadt (nee Tedeschi) has also served as an editor at The Public Interest, The National Interest, and Policy Review. She has been associated with various think tanks, including most recently the Hoover Institution and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In 2011, she founded a literary organization called the Kirkpatrick Society that has mentored hundreds of writers.

Editorial Reviews

"Mary Eberstadt is our premier analyst of American cultural foibles and follies, with a keen eye for oddities that illuminate just how strange the country's moral culture has become." ---George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center

"If you want to learn what the Pill and the ensuing sexual revolution really accomplished, you must read Adam and Eve After the Pill. Of course, neo-Malthusians talk up the Pill's benefits: the freedom from having children made it possible for women to pursue serious careers and in the process offered men a new kind of freedom, too. But as Eberstadt writes, how about the increasing unhappiness of women despite their liberation from the chores of raising children? Or husbands' loss of interest in their wives and the corresponding increase in male pornography addiction? Not to be ignored, either, is the effect of the sexual revolution on college campuses by date rapes, hookups, and binge drinking, all of which directly flow from the sexual revolution mandate that women must be sexually available." ---Dr. Raymond Dennehy, University of San Francisco

"The federal government - our United States federal government - is currently pushing the views expressed in this book to the sidelines. Adam and Eve after the Pill is a protest vote - a first among many. The Catholic bishops didn't just dream up a fight over contraception; it was forced on them, as Catholics' conscience rights have been directly trampled on. It's a moment for a badly needed education and reflection on the immiseration of the last few decades - one that has pitted Adam and Eve against one another in a most unnatural way. Mary Eberstadt's book is a treasure and a resource and a cultural catechesis. Please read it. And then share it." --- Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor-at-large, National Review Online