Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
Mona Eltahawy’s Headscarves and Hymens examines how sexuality, gender, religion, and power shape women’s lives in the Middle East. Calling for a sexual revolution, it challenges restrictions on women’s bodies and advocates greater freedom, equality, and autonomy.
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Headscarves and Hymens explores the relationship between women’s bodies, sexuality, religion, and political power in the Middle East.
Mona Eltahawy presents an argument for a sexual revolution centered on greater freedom, equality, and autonomy for women.
The book addresses cultural and social restrictions affecting women and considers how those restrictions are maintained and challenged.
Its focus is the role of gender and sexuality in broader debates about society, politics, and change across the region.
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