Not Hooking Up
F. Roger Devlin
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2026
238 pages
The sexual revolution promised more sex and more fun if we could just loosen the bonds of marriage, monogamy, and female modesty.
More than fifty years later, the results are in, and the sexual revolution has failed as badly as Bolshevism. Although some did indeed end up with a lot more sexual partners, for most, the sexual revolution has led to broken families, collapsing birthrates, widespread celibacy, and an epidemic of loneliness.
In Not Hooking Up, F. Roger Devlin shows that, because of human nature, these results were inevitable. It turns out that modesty, monogamy, and marriage both increase the amount of sex and distribute it more equally—as well as promoting families, children, and a future for the human race.
Praise for F. Roger Devlin
“Dr. Devlin has long been on the cutting edge of thought about the family, sexuality, and marriage. If you want to cut through the chatter and understand what really matters in the relations between the sexes today, ignore not only the feminist ideologues but also the vapid, formulaic cliches cranked out by the conservative establishment. Promoted by mainstream media and mainstream publishing houses, both have colluded to destroy families, men, children, and western society. Focus instead on what Devlin explains, and you will grasp reality.”
—Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D., Collegium Intermarium, Warsaw
“Roger Devlin’s work has profoundly influenced my thinking about men, marriage, and modern society for many years. Few contemporary writers have shown the same willingness to confront the difficult realities and unintended consequences of the Sexual Revolution, especially as they affect men, family life, and social stability. Devlin challenges both the orthodoxies of sexual liberation and the complacency of conservatives who failed to adequately defend marriage, fatherhood, and social institutions upon which societies depend. His work is indispensable for anyone concerned with the future of family life and the relationship between men, women, and civilization.”
—Bradley Scott, A Male Space
“Love and sex have never been confusing to me. I have Roger Devlin to thank for that.”
—Chloë Thurlow, best-selling author of The Secret Life of Girls
“Dr. Devlin is perhaps the best role model there is for independent scholars on the right. His writings can be found on nearly every website the mainstream fears.”
—Benjamin Villaroel, American Renaissance
“I believe the author is evil.”
—Tyler Cowan
Contents
Preface — iii
Where We Are
1. Hooking Up — 1
2. Not Hooking Up — 15
How We Got Here
3. Dating, Marriage, & Sex in the 1950s — 28
4. The Ground Zero of the Sexual Revolution — 41
5. Sex & Sex Talk in the 1970s — 54
6. Sexual Anarcho-Tyranny in the 1980s & 1990s — 74
7. Clearing the Wreckage of the Sexual Revolution — 93
Clarifying Our Situation
8. Helen Gurley Brown — 105
9. Decadence, Status, & Hypergamy — 112
10. On Respect Between the Sexes — 134
11. What Is a Sexual Predator? — 144
12. Of Predators & Prostitutes — 149
13. Men Only Want One Thing & It’s Disgusting — 154
14. On Sluts, Shame, & “Slut Shaming” — 164
15 On Pedophilia — 172
16. Some Thoughts on “Incels” — 179
17. The Wright Brothers & the Wives They Never Had — 187
Reversing the Decline
18. Reversing the Decline in Western Fertility — 193
19. The Women’s Resistance — 205
Index — 217
About the Author — 232
About the Author
F. Roger Devlin, Ph.D. is the author of Alexandre Kojève and the Outcome of Modern Thought (Lanham, M.D.: University Press of America, 2004) and Sexual Utopia in Power, expanded ed. (San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2026).