I had a discussion with Louise Perry, and feel kind mid about it; I think I'm v unexperienced having this "style" of conversation, which feels like high-level frames making generalist claims about the other, or something? 1/
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I'm used to my longform verbal disagreements being with rationalists, where it's quite precise. I went in prepared for something like this - I had a long notepad full of studies, plus the data from the massive study I'd recently done, but somehow ended up using none of it?
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One example of the norm I'm not accustomed to seems to be the use of questions as prompts? I'm used to pretty carefully clarifying questions and answering them seriously, whereas here it felt more like they were intended to be generalist idea-starters.
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Not slammin anybody here, my guess is just there's some form of conversational norm that this interview took that I am not accustomed to witnessing or participating in. It was interesting! But also I'm a bit unsatisfied with my performance in it.
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I disliked how you were introduced just as sex worker while LP was presented as book author. But the conversational tone seems to me quite standard in this kind of interview and i liked that you were given the last word. Most importantly, you were brilliant throughout! 👏🤩
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i watched it a few days ago.
it's hard to change the mind of a militant in their beliefs. they don't care about studies or logic.
the reality is: without the sexual revolution l, there would be no feminist movement. at least not a successful one.
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Who was attached to this talk later, you or she? Considering that her position is more mainstream, I think it would be just to allow you few articles or interviews on your own. It almost feels like her presence is a safeguard for normies who might be puzzled by your views.
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I read the transcript, and I'm not sure what Perry is advocating for? (I haven't read Perry's book tbf). What is she actually advocating for? That women who don't like casual sex shouldn't engage in casual sex (a no brainer)? Outlawing the sexual revolution? Something different?
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It came over as a great discussion to me. You both brought up interesting stuff and seemed to actually listen to each other. I remarked to my partner how civilised and edifying I thought it was.
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