In a provocative essay published by The Daily Wire, traditionalist writer Elisabete Stone delivers a scathing critique of modern sexual mores, framing contemporary hookup culture as a “whoredom economy” where fleeting pleasure comes at devastating personal cost.
The High Price of ‘Cheap Sex’
Stone, a Christian mother of three and author of the Substack “Of Home and Womanhood,” argues that society has inverted traditional values by making sex “cheaply and easily accessible” while stripping it of moral meaning. “The currency used to be virtue; now it’s sexual desirability,” she writes. “The objective was marriage; now it’s pleasure.”
Infidelity’s Ripple Effects
The piece opens with an arresting anecdote about a cheating husband confronted with photo evidence of the family life he was destroying. Stone contends such stories have become commonplace because modern culture actively discourages the self-restraint needed to sustain marriages. “We assumed that we could spend decades telling people that they should indulge in all their sexual desires,” she writes, “but then we act surprised when people do exactly that.”
Pleasure vs. Love
Central to Stone’s argument is the distinction between desire and love. “Desire is about what others can give us, whereas love is about what we can give others,” she writes, warning that the sexual marketplace prioritizes attractiveness over character. The result, she claims, is rampant infidelity that costs “marriages, children, jobs, and reputations” โ and ultimately, spiritual well-being.
A Cultural Reckoning
While acknowledging that infidelity is ancient, Stone insists today’s permissive culture uniquely undermines marital stability by celebrating pleasure-seeking as life’s ultimate goal. The essay concludes with a call to reorder values: “We’ve let what we desire determine what we value. But in reality, it desperately needs to be the other way around.”
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