This book shows from within the damage that the sexual revolution has caused to our bodies, our souls, and our sense of joy. Quoting extensively from testimonies and reports written by the revolution’s most outspoken advocates, Nathaniel Blake proves that even beyond the question of right and wrong, Christian sexual ethics simply provide a better way to love and live.

The sexual revolution offered happiness and great sex—but Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy, and they even report having less, and less satisfying, sex. Rather than providing fulfilling pleasure, sexual liberation has created a relational wasteland in which men and women are alienated from each other.

The promised liberation has made people slaves to desire and has led to pain. This is exemplified by the dependence on the violence of abortion, which turns the relationships of mother, father, and child into a lethal battleground of competing selfishness.

Victims of the Revolution is a tour de force, passing first through the self-destruction of hypersexuality and then through the beauty of the Church’s profound teaching on sexuality. Christian sexual morals are not a capricious killjoy but are rooted in human nature and direct us toward our good and the good of others. They remain the best way to protect and promote human well-being; there can be no true social justice without the pursuit of sexual righteousness.

“With the strength, wisdom, and protective care of a devoted father, Nathanael Blake exposes the devastating harms of the sexual revolution. We may finally be ready to hear the solutions presented in this timely book.”

— Erika Bachiochi, Author, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision

“Blake offers a compelling ‘apocalypse’—that is, unveiling—of the sexual revolution’s false promises. But that so-called freedom has come at the price of having lost the only freedom that truly matters: the freedom to love. He demonstrates that true sexual freedom is not the liberty to indulge one’s compulsions but liberation from the compulsion to indulge. Only such a person is free to put his or her sexual powers at the service of self-giving love.”

— Christopher West, Th.D., President, Theology of the Body Institute

“‘Entertainment is easy. Living is hard.’ That’s the conclusion of Blake’s critique of the sexual revolution. Pastors, parents, and educators are waking up to the cultural catastrophe of the revolution and are seeking ways to steer young people away from its tentacles. Blake’s book unpacks lie after lie, false promise after false promise, showing that Christianity has been correct all along. Warmly recommended.”

— Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., Foundress and president, The Ruth Institute

“Several decades after the sexual revolution began, it’s high time we asked what it means to be sexually ‘liberated’. Blake’s book offers a trenchant, fascinating philosophical examination of what went wrong, but it also makes a rousing case that a return to traditional Christian sexual ethics is the only way forward.”

— Mollie Hemingway, Editor-in-chief, The Federalist

“For far too long, the many tragic harms spawned by the sexual revolution have been attacked piecemeal. In this brilliantly written, well-argued book, Blake calmly integrates the whole truth, strips away the lies, and compassionately reveals the many victims the sexual revolution has left in its wake. Refusing to despair, he then lays out a hopeful way forward. This masterpiece is a must-read for all Americans who care deeply about the future of our nation.”

— Sue Ellen Browder, Author, Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women's Movement