rethinking sex. i m really excited to be talking to you today about it. my first question for you is just why did you decide to write this book? i would like to understand what went into your your thinking when you decided to take on this project. donna first thanks so much for having me here. it s really exciting to talk to you about this. i know we ve had previous conversations on the topic around your own book. so it s exciting to see this meeting of mind i suppose. why did i decide to write rethinking sex? well, i m in opinion columnist the washington post and my beat has always been ideas in society, and i ve always been interesting questions of morality and culture and ethics and also just how we relate to each other. so i was writing a number of columns during the metoo movement at its height 2017-2018 and it became clear that with the most high profile cases harvey weinstein etc. there were problems that we thought the sexual revolution and feminist movements might ha
rethinking sex? well, i m in opinion columnist the washington post and my beat has always been ideas in society, and i ve always been interesting questions of morality and culture and ethics and also just how we relate to each other. so i was writing a number of columns during the metoo movement at its height 2017-2018 and it became clear that with the most high profile cases harvey weinstein etc. there were problems that we thought the sexual revolution and feminist movements might have solved concerning consent that still very present. but more than that. there came to light these cases that were not so clear cases of sex that weren t not necessarily unconsensual but consensual and yet still bad degrading traumatizing and so many women related to these stories stories like cat person the new yorker short piece of fiction that i think is still their most red piece fiction piece of short fiction ever. and there was a general sense among young people people my age my peers and
to you today about it. my first question for you is just why did you decide to write this book? i would like to understand what went into your your thinking when you decided to take on this project. donna first thanks so much for having me here. it s really exciting to talk to you about this. i know we ve had previous conversations on the topic around your own book. so it s exciting to see this meeting of mind i suppose. why did i decide to write rethinking sex? well, i m in opinion columnist the washington post and my beat has always been ideas in society, and i ve always been interesting questions of morality and culture and ethics and also just how we relate to each other. so i was writing a number of columns during the metoo movement at its height 2017-2018 and it became clear that with the most high profile cases harvey weinstein etc. there were problems that we thought the sexual revolution and feminist movements might have solved concerning consent that still very pres
meeting of mind i suppose. why did i decide to write rethinking sex? well, i m in opinion columnist the washington post and my beat has always been ideas in society, and i ve always been interesting questions of morality and culture and ethics and also just how we relate to each other. so i was writing a number of columns during the metoo movement at its height 2017-2018 and it became clear that with the most high profile cases harvey weinstein etc. there were problems that we thought the sexual revolution and feminist movements might have solved concerning consent that still very present. but more than that. there came to light these cases that were not so clear cases of sex that weren t not necessarily unconsensual but consensual and yet still bad degrading traumatizing and so many women related to these stories stories like cat person the new yorker short piece of fiction that i think is still their most red piece fiction piece of short fiction ever. and there was a genera
just why did you decide to write this book? i would like to understand what went into your your thinking when you decided to take on this project. donna first thanks so much for having me here. it s really exciting to talk to you about this. i know we ve had previous conversations on the topic around your own book. so it s exciting to see this meeting of mind i suppose. why did i decide to write rethinking sex? well, i m in opinion columnist the washington post and my beat has always been ideas in society, and i ve always been interesting questions of morality and culture and ethics and also just how we relate to each other. so i was writing a number of columns during the metoo movement at its height 2017-2018 and it became clear that with the most high profile cases harvey weinstein etc. there were problems that we thought the sexual revolution and feminist movements might have solved concerning consent that still very present. but more than that. there came to light these c