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Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Mona Charen (Author, Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
4.4 out of 5 stars 134 ratings

Author of the New York Times best seller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the country.

In this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways feminism fails us at home, in the workplace, and in our personal relationships - by promising that we can have it all, do it all, and be it all. Here, she upends the feminist agenda and the liberal conversation surrounding women's issues by asking tough and crucial questions, such as:

  • Did women's full equality require the total destruction of the nuclear family?
  • Did it require a sexual revolution that would dismantle traditions of modesty, courtship, and fidelity that had characterized relations between the sexes for centuries?
  • Did it cause the broken dating culture and the rape crisis on our college campuses?
  • Did it require war between the sexes that would deem men the "enemy" of women?
  • Have the strides of feminism made women happier in their home and work life. (The answer is no.)

Sex Matters tracks the price we have paid for denying sex differences and stoking the war of the sexes - family breakdown, declining female happiness, aimlessness among men, and increasing inequality. Marshaling copious social science research as well as her own experience as a professional as well as a wife and mother, Mona Charen calls for a sexual ceasefire for the sake of women, men, and children.

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  1. Listening Length
    9 hours and 44 minutes
  2. Author
    Mona Charen
  3. Narrator
    Mona Charen
  4. Audible release date
    June 26, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B07DM2J3D3
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 9 hours and 44 minutes
Author Mona Charen
Narrator Mona Charen
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 26, 2018
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07DM2J3D3
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4.4 out of 5 stars
134 global ratings

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Customers find the book well-researched and amazing to read, with one customer particularly enchanted by the research findings. Moreover, the book receives positive feedback for its writing quality and clarity, with one review highlighting its insightful critique of feminism. Additionally, customers consider the topic important, with one review noting how it plots out social changes in history. However, the book's realism and thought-provoking nature receive mixed reactions from customers.

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15 customers mention "Readability"14 positive1 negative

Customers find the book highly readable and consider it a must-read, with one customer specifically noting it's essential reading for young professionals.

"Great book! A very realistic and insightful critique of feminism! A must-read!" Read more

"...Lots of great information. A good read." Read more

"...I love the book! ❤️ I have no idea who gave all of the one star reviews and I don't even u derstand why." Read more

"...; as a result of feminism and its social changes is an interesting idea worth pursuing...." Read more

15 customers mention "Research quality"13 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the research quality of the book, finding it well-researched and insightful, with one customer noting that the information is not one-sided or biased.

"...Lots of great information. A good read." Read more

"...morning and it seems to focus on why "the family" is a good conceptual and practical social unit for men, for the children and for the women..." Read more

"...The book is clearly and competently written and very thorough...." Read more

"About the book: The information is very honest: the writing lays out the good and the ugly of both radical and traditional feminism...." Read more

6 customers mention "Satire"5 positive1 negative

Customers appreciate the book's satirical approach, with one review highlighting its insightful critique of feminism and another noting its respectful expose.

"...It was full of statements with real research to back them up. People may not like the information in this book because truth is a stinger...." Read more

"...and this book bleweven me out of the water with facts and even personal opinion. loved how personable the author made herself...." Read more

"A cogent, thoughtful, respectful expose' on the beauty of motherhood, femininity, the traditional civilizing nature of culture on masculinity, and..." Read more

"Sex Matters is a MUST READ for all - including young adults of any political background...." Read more

5 customers mention "Importance of topic"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book's topic important, with one customer noting how it plots out relevant social changes throughout history.

"...focus on why "the family" is a good conceptual and practical social unit for men, for the children and for the women as well...." Read more

"...The topic is important, so I took the plunge. The book is clearly and competently written and very thorough...." Read more

"...Women are strong, powerful, intelligent, graceful and important, but denying their womanhood does not enable success nor afford society a response..." Read more

"...A must-read for our day and age. She plots out incredibly relevant social changes in history and then gently details their effect on society today...." Read more

4 customers mention "Writing quality"4 positive0 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book.

"...The book is clearly and competently written and very thorough...." Read more

"Very well researched and written. A must-read for our day and age...." Read more

"Amazingly written with facts from actual studies to back the thoughts outlined." Read more

"the writing lays out the good and the ugly of both radical and traditional feminism..." Read more

3 customers mention "Clarity"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the clarity of the book.

"...I greatly enjoyed reading “Sex Matters” by Mona Charen. The book clearly articulates what I am hearing from professionals in the workforce today...." Read more

"...The topic is important, so I took the plunge. The book is clearly and competently written and very thorough...." Read more

"...About the Author: The author wrote a very clear-cut book that was easy to read and follow along...." Read more

3 customers mention "Realistic"2 positive1 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the realism of the book.

"Great book! A very realistic and insightful critique of feminism! A must-read!" Read more

"It's realistic. Reality is not sweet and glazed, it's just as it comes...." Read more

"It's realistic. Reality is not sweet and glazed, it's just as it comes...." Read more

3 customers mention "Thought provoking"2 positive1 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the thought-provoking nature of the book.

"A cogent, thoughtful, respectful expose' on the beauty of motherhood, femininity, the traditional civilizing nature of culture on masculinity, and..." Read more

"...(in fairness she does acknowledge it) is the reality that poverty trumps all ideology, including feminism...." Read more

"Well-researched, thought-provoking, with a good dose of plain common sense!" Read more

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  • Paula J. Riggs
    5.0 out of 5 stars A different viewpoint on feminism
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2025
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    This author had a great viewpoint on how feminism impacted sex in US culture. Lots of great information. A good read.
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  • Science is Fun
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's realistic. Reality is not sweet and glazed, it's just as it comes.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I spent 1h w the book this morning and it seems to focus on why "the family" is a good conceptual and practical social unit for men, for the children and for the women as well.

    It explains that motherhood & career are 2 very complet tasks and it is realistic that a woman would need to prioritize one over the other. It does not say don't have both. It only says they both require a lot of time and energy from someone.

    It explains that only 25% of women are feminists and 19% of men are feminists too. With 37% of men believing that "feminism" = "anti men". That is not what feminism means.

    It explains women belive they need to do exactly everything a man does and men believe they should also do everything a woman does. Yes if you can congratulations! If you don't don't beat yourself up it's your physiology and psychology that dictates what your body can and cannot do. It's only natural. Man and woman are complimentary not identical. To me makes perfect logical sense.

    It then goes on to explain the dynamics of marriage during the time agriculture and trades were mainstream. Then it touches on the Great Depression. Women taking factory jobs during the war, which lead straight into the post-war desire to be domestic wives. It explains the dynamic role of a woman in society and marriage as it was framed by different historical events. It's a very logical analysis of why women chose this or that at different times.

    I love the book! ❤️

    I have no idea who gave all of the one star reviews and I don't even u derstand why.
    35 people found this helpful
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  • Janet Moder
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading for Young Professionals
    Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2018
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I have read many books on feminism and have championed and empowered women during my 30-year career. I was shocked several years ago when my high-performing Chief of Staff came into my office to tell me she was temporarily dropping out of the workforce because she realized she couldn’t have it all, could not identify with any senior female executive in the company, and had made a personal decision to focus primarily on her family. For years, I had encouraged women to lean in to their career, but suddenly realized that, for many, their career was not the highest or only priority in their life. Also, as my colleagues are retiring, many female senior executives tell me their lives were out of balance and they now regret focusing so much of their energy on their careers to the detriment of their spouses and children. I greatly enjoyed reading “Sex Matters” by Mona Charen. The book clearly articulates what I am hearing from professionals in the workforce today. Fortunately, professionals in the millennial generation have learned from the mistakes of their parent’s generation and are seeking a better work-life balance. Ms. Charen’s book should be required reading for all women and men who are beginning their adult life and professional career.
    23 people found this helpful
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  • Tanya Hughes
    5.0 out of 5 stars sanity
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    What I was struck by after reading this book is the sanity of the author. After all the insane (ie, not in line with reality) notions that have been thrown around in the past 60 yrs (women are essentially just like men, women like casual sex as much as men, or at least they "should" if they are not backwards & repressed, the best thing a woman can do with her life is work at a job advancing the objectives of a corporation, men enjoy caring for home and children as much as women do unless they are ruined by bad cultural training...) Mona Charen has written THE book to restore sanity to the conversation about women, men, and the differences between them. She paints a very measured picture of what reality actually is, and encourages people to let reality guide their lives, not high-flying abstract notions about what women and men are "supposed" to be and the exact equality they are supposed to live by. I particularly appreciated her exposition on how the sexual revolution is pretty much nothing but a big lose for women.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Ava
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well Researched and Insightful
    Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2019
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    This book presents a well researched perspective on the effect that feminism has had on women, men, children, families and society. The author presents the history of feminism and surprising details about the motivations of the women behind the recent wave of feminism. She also clearly indicates where their ideas have been proven false by science. This book should be read by every woman. It will change your views about the culture you live in.
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  • ALB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out and written
    Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2020
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    A great read. Eye-opening critique of modern feminism with plenty of background knowledge and examples to keep it grounded for reading.
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