# Sex at Dawn
Author:: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
## Highlights
> We’re being misled and misinformed by an unfounded yet constantly repeated mantra about the naturalness of wedded bliss, female sexual reticence, and happily-ever-after sexual monogamy—a narrative pitting man against woman in a tragic tango of unrealistic expectations, snowballing frustration, and crushing disappointment. Living under this tyranny of two, as author and media critic Laura Kipnis puts it, we carry the weight of “modern love’s central anxiety,” namely, “the expectation that romance and sexual attraction can last a lifetime of coupled togetherness despite much hard evidence to the contrary.”21 ([Location 759](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007679QTG&location=759))
> “Move on?” Really? Is abandonment of one’s family the “adult” option for dealing with the inherent conflict between socially sanctioned romantic ideals and the inconvenient truths of sexual passion?23 ([Location 778](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007679QTG&location=778))
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Title: Sex at Dawn
Author: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Tags: readwise, books
date: 2024-01-30
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# Sex at Dawn
Author:: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
## AI-Generated Summary
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## Highlights
> We’re being misled and misinformed by an unfounded yet constantly repeated mantra about the naturalness of wedded bliss, female sexual reticence, and happily-ever-after sexual monogamy—a narrative pitting man against woman in a tragic tango of unrealistic expectations, snowballing frustration, and crushing disappointment. Living under this tyranny of two, as author and media critic Laura Kipnis puts it, we carry the weight of “modern love’s central anxiety,” namely, “the expectation that romance and sexual attraction can last a lifetime of coupled togetherness despite much hard evidence to the contrary.”21 ([Location 759](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007679QTG&location=759))
> “Move on?” Really? Is abandonment of one’s family the “adult” option for dealing with the inherent conflict between socially sanctioned romantic ideals and the inconvenient truths of sexual passion?23 ([Location 778](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007679QTG&location=778))