Turn back the clocks – a passionate polemic calls for a sexual culture of old-fashioned virtue and restraint

MORAG MACINNES reviews “The Case Against the Sexual Revolution” by LOUISE PERRY.

Tributes to Sarah Everard, kidnapped, raped and murdered by a serving police officer.
Denise Laura Baker, Alamy

Perhaps the most disturbing trend Perry highlights is the “hook-up culture”. It seems young girls are encouraged to behave like boys traditionally do.

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