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Dec 2023
44m 11s

Mary Harrington on Feminism

YASCHA MOUNK
About this episode

Yascha Mounk and Mary Harrington debate whether or not societies have made significant progress towards gender equality.

Mary Harrington is a writer and a contributing editor at UnHerd. She is the author of Feminism Against Progress. 

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Mary Harrington discuss second-wave feminism and the downstream consequences of the sexual revolution; the unintended effects of industrialization and contraceptive use; and whether the contraceptive revolution has, as Harrington argues, brought about a greater commodification of female sexuality.


This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.


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