May 19, 2025
The sexual revolution has damaged our bodies, our souls, and our sense of joy argues Dr. Nathanael Blake
(Washington): Today, Dr. Nathanael Blake, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, released his new book, Victims of the Revolution: How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All (272 pp. Ignatius Press, ISBN-10 1621647706). Blake defiantly challenges the sexual revolution and reveals that its promised liberation has made people slaves to desire while leading to pain.
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.
Rather than providing fulfilling pleasure, sexual liberation has created a relational wasteland in which men and women are alienated from each other. 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.
Blake argues that Christian sexual morals are not a capricious killjoy but are rooted in human nature, direct us toward our good and the good of others, and that they remain the best way to protect and promote human well-being.
The book has already received widespread praise…
“Several decades after the sexual revolution began, it’s high time we asked what it means to be sexually ‘liberated’. Blake’s book offers a trenchant, fascinating philosophical examination of what went wrong, but it also makes a rousing case that a return to traditional Christian sexual ethics is the only way forward.”
— Mollie Hemingway, Editor-in-chief, The Federalist“Blake offers a compelling ‘apocalypse’—that is, unveiling—of the sexual revolution’s false promises. But that so-called freedom has come at the price of having lost the only freedom that truly matters: the freedom to love. He demonstrates that true sexual freedom is not the liberty to indulge one’s compulsions but liberation from the compulsion to indulge. Only such a person is free to put his or her sexual powers at the service of self-giving love.”
— Christopher West, Th.D., President, Theology of the Body Institute“With the strength, wisdom, and protective care of a devoted father, Nathanael Blake exposes the devastating harms of the sexual revolution. We may finally be ready to hear the solutions presented in this timely book.”
— Erika Bachiochi, Author, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision
“‘Entertainment is easy. Living is hard.’ That’s the conclusion of Blake’s critique of the sexual revolution. Pastors, parents, and educators are waking up to the cultural catastrophe of the revolution and are seeking ways to steer young people away from its tentacles. Blake’s book unpacks lie after lie, false promise after false promise, showing that Christianity has been correct all along. Warmly recommended.”
— Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., Foundress and president, The Ruth Institute“For far too long, the many tragic harms spawned by the sexual revolution have been attacked piecemeal. In this brilliantly written, well-argued book, Blake calmly integrates the whole truth, strips away the lies, and compassionately reveals the many victims the sexual revolution has left in its wake. Refusing to despair, he then lays out a hopeful way forward. This masterpiece is a must-read for all Americans who care deeply about the future of our nation.”
— Sue Ellen Browder, Author, Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement
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