Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 75(4) November 2025
Book Review.
Victims of the Revolution:
How Sexual Liberation
Hurts Us All
by Nathaniel Blake
Published Ignatius Press
Reviewed by Dr
Pravin Thevasathan
This
excellent resource examines the sexual revolution from a Christian natural
law perspective. The author writes that there is a God-given order in our
very nature. The sexual revolution contradicts that nature and thus leads
to the destruction of our happiness.
The author notes that the sexual revolution promised freedom. But it has led to more loneliness and, ironically enough, less sex. Because people are not exclusively committed to each other, relationships are more fragile and exploitative.
The revolution proclaimed that individual "choice" trumps everything else. In the name of choice, marriage has been redefined and the killing of the unborn up to birth has been declared a necessity. But attempts at redefining who men and women are appear to be collapsing.
The author is not writing an entirely pessimistic work. There is good news and it is called Christianity. Christians need to combat the revolution by upholding the sanctity of marriage and of human life from conception. The Catholic Church has an integral vision of human sexuality, something that has both a procreative and unitive meaning. It is reserved for marriage, defined as a life-long union of one man and one woman.
The author has demonstrated that the sexual revolution is not only morally bad. It is also psychologically bad for human persons as well.