I am relieved that this book exists because it is a force of reckoning in this movement of #knowingandbeingknown. And it is a major resource in the pursuit of #theartofadultfriendship.
Let me know if you read it. I want all your thoughts.

Basically, there isn’t another book out there like this. The stories are both familiar & foreign. But their insights demand our attention.
Pushing back the tide of #romanceidolatry is an overwhelming but necessary undertaking for the sake of all our #intimaterelationships.

… major concepts like #identity & #freedom.

If you are regularly caring for young adults & teens (having conversations about their #intimaterelationships), I recommend you read this and discern what the voices teach us from across the divide.
#thegoodchairreads

… It is equal parts informative, valuable, & disturbing. But it reveals a landscape of values & vices that are forming #emergingadults while critiquing some of the sacred cows of feminism & the sexual revolution. As a Christian and a minister, it is a cheat code for how my students understand …

The strengths of this book are its essay-formatted chapters of mostly Western sexual ethics from a non-western researcher. The content is refreshingly honest about everything from MeToo, to sex work, to p*rn, to incels, to s*xual violence, & everything in between. …