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Curio · The Hedgehog Review | What does the sexual revolution look like today? I'm not Michel Foucault, but here's a history of sexuality, greatly abridged: First came the slut shamers. The traditionalist, patriarchal religious haranguers. Things weren't great for men in the before times, but they were particularly unpleasant for women. Then came the sexual revolution of the 1960s and '70s, which involved chucking all the rules. This had some good effects (ambitious women at last permitted to leave their houses and become doctors, lawyers, bosses) and some less good ones (moviemakers pe

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