Victims of the Revolution: How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All

This book shows from within the damage that the sexual revolution has caused to our bodies, our souls, and our sense of joy. Quoting extensively from testimonies and reports written by the revolution’s most outspoken advocates, Nathanael Blake proves that even beyond the question of right and wrong, Christian sexual ethics simply provide a better way to love and live.

The devil does not keep his promises. The sexual revolution offered happiness and great sex—but Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy, and they even report having less, and less satisfying, sex. Rather than providing fulfilling pleasure, sexual liberation has created a relational wasteland in which men and women are alienated from each other. Even The New York Times and the Washington Post admit this.

The promised liberation has made people slaves to desire and led to pain. This is exemplified by the dependence on the violence of abortion, which turns the relationships of mother, father, and child into a lethal battleground of competing selfishness.

Victims of the Revolution is a tour de force, passing first through the self-destruction of hypersexuality and then through the beauty of the Church’s profound teaching on sexuality. Christian sexual morals not a capricious killjoy, but are rooted in human nature and direct us toward our good and that of others. They remain the best way to protect and promote human well-being; there can be no true social justice without the pursuit of sexual righteousness. Even amidst the inevitable sufferings of this world, Christianity sanctifies our sorrows and provides joys deeper than any self-seeking pleasure can ever give.

Nathanael Blake is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a regular columnist for The Federalist, WORLD Opinions, and other popular publications. He received his doctorate from the Catholic University of America. He lives in Virginia with his wife and children.