. >> up next on top tv's author interview program, afterwards christine amara offers -- she's interviewed by author don afraid is. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guesthouse interviewing top non fiction about their latest work. hi christine and congratulations on your new book, rethinking sex. i'm really excited to talk with you today about. my first question for you is just why did you decide to write this book? i would like to understand what went into to your thinking when you decided to take on this project? >> donna, first, thank you so much for having me here to talk about this. i know we have had previous conversations on the topic around your own book. it is exciting to have this meeting of minds, i suppose. why did i decide to write rethinking sex? i am an opinion columnist at the washington post. my thing has always been ideas in society. i have always been addressing questions of reality, culture, ethics, just the way -- i was writing a number of columns during the me too movement of 2016 and 2017. it became clear that with the most high-profile cases, we