ABSTRACT

Sexuality seems to have a revolutionary potential so strong that many political women and men are afraid of it. They prefer, therefore, to dismiss its importance by arguing that it is not as central as other factors, such as economic and political determination…. [However,] sexuality is much more central to social and political problems…than previously thought, and …unless a sexual revolution is incorporated into political revolution, there will be no real transformation of social relations. (Accad, 1991, p. 237)