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The Boundaries of Desire

9 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A provocative history of how law has tried—and failed—to control human desire, revealing the arbitrary, hypocritical boundaries we draw around sex.

You’ll learn

  • Desire is biological, not moral
  • Sex laws protect property, not people
  • Religious guilt shaped modern law
  • Boundaries are arbitrary and changeable